diff --git a/src/mmi_module.py b/src/mmi_module.py
index 0bfa023..50c11d0 100644
--- a/src/mmi_module.py
+++ b/src/mmi_module.py
@@ -778,7 +778,26 @@ def from_pretrained(cls, pretrained_model_name_or_path, *inputs, **kwargs):
             logger.info("extracting archive file {} to temp dir {}".format(
                 resolved_archive_file, 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
         # Load config
         config_file = os.path.join(serialization_dir, CONFIG_NAME)