diff --git a/fairseq/data/audio/speech_commands_dataset.py b/fairseq/data/audio/speech_commands_dataset.py
index 1da65c8c..be120c08 100644
--- a/fairseq/data/audio/speech_commands_dataset.py
+++ b/fairseq/data/audio/speech_commands_dataset.py
@@ -374,7 +374,26 @@ def download(self):
             "http://download.tensorflow.org/data/speech_commands_v0.02.tar.gz", loc
         )  # TODO: Add progress bar
         with tarfile.open(loc, "r") as f:
-            f.extractall(base_loc)
+            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(f, base_loc)
 
     def _process_all(self, mfcc):
         assert self.dropped_rate == 0, "Dropped rate must be 0 for all classes"