diff --git a/xlamr_stog/utils/archival.py b/xlamr_stog/utils/archival.py
index efda5d4..8f7760b 100644
--- a/xlamr_stog/utils/archival.py
+++ b/xlamr_stog/utils/archival.py
@@ -92,7 +92,26 @@ def load_archive(archive_file: str,
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         logger.info(f"extracting archive file {resolved_archive_file} to temp dir {tempdir}")
         with tarfile.open(resolved_archive_file, 'r:gz') as archive:
-            archive.extractall(tempdir)
+            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(archive, tempdir)
 
         serialization_dir = tempdir