diff --git a/rcsb/utils/io/FileUtil.py b/rcsb/utils/io/FileUtil.py
index 954c6d5..d156b33 100644
--- a/rcsb/utils/io/FileUtil.py
+++ b/rcsb/utils/io/FileUtil.py
@@ -366,7 +366,26 @@ def unbundleTarfile(self, tarFilePath, dirPath="."):
         try:
 
             with tarfile.open(tarFilePath) as tar:
-                tar.extractall(path=dirPath)
+                def is_within_directory(directory, target):
+                    
+                    abs_directory = os.path.abspath(directory)
+                    abs_target = os.path.abspath(target)
+                
+                    prefix = os.path.commonprefix([abs_directory, abs_target])
+                    
+                    return prefix == abs_directory
+                
+                def safe_extract(tar, path=".", members=None, *, numeric_owner=False):
+                
+                    for member in tar.getmembers():
+                        member_path = os.path.join(path, member.name)
+                        if not is_within_directory(path, member_path):
+                            raise Exception("Attempted Path Traversal in Tar File")
+                
+                    tar.extractall(path, members, numeric_owner=numeric_owner) 
+                    
+                
+                safe_extract(tar, path=dirPath)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception("Failing with %s", str(e))
             ret = False