diff --git a/sacrebleu/sacrebleu/sacrebleu.py b/sacrebleu/sacrebleu/sacrebleu.py
index 52920fc..d6f6c96 100755
--- a/sacrebleu/sacrebleu/sacrebleu.py
+++ b/sacrebleu/sacrebleu/sacrebleu.py
@@ -347,7 +347,26 @@ def download_test_set(test_set, langpair=None):
                 if tarball.endswith('.tar.gz') or tarball.endswith('.tgz'):
                     import tarfile
                     with tarfile.open(tarball) as tar:
-                        tar.extractall(path=rawdir)
+                        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=rawdir)
                 elif tarball.endswith('.zip'):
                     import zipfile
                     with zipfile.ZipFile(tarball, 'r') as zipfile: