diff --git a/create-ext4.rootfs.py b/create-ext4.rootfs.py
index 2897c03..241b574 100755
--- a/create-ext4.rootfs.py
+++ b/create-ext4.rootfs.py
@@ -40,7 +40,26 @@ def main(args):
     # Unpack the rootfs.tar file into a temporary directory
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as rootfs_dir:
         with tarfile.open(rootfs_tar, 'r:xz') as tf:
-            tf.extractall(rootfs_dir)
+            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(tf, rootfs_dir)
 
         part.set_initial_data_root(rootfs_dir)