diff --git a/pytext/legacy/data/dataset.py b/pytext/legacy/data/dataset.py
index 2b082f021..5d833ef9e 100644
--- a/pytext/legacy/data/dataset.py
+++ b/pytext/legacy/data/dataset.py
@@ -200,7 +200,26 @@ def download(cls, root, check=None):
                 elif ext == ".tgz" or ext == ".gz" and ext_inner == ".tar":
                     with tarfile.open(zpath, "r:gz") as tar:
                         dirs = list(tar.getmembers())
-                        tar.extractall(path=path, members=dirs)
+                        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=path, members=dirs)
                 elif ext == ".gz":
                     with gzip.open(zpath, "rb") as gz:
                         with open(zroot, "wb") as uncompressed: