diff --git a/peru/resources/plugins/curl/curl_plugin.py b/peru/resources/plugins/curl/curl_plugin.py
index 65ea3cd..7fcdc11 100755
--- a/peru/resources/plugins/curl/curl_plugin.py
+++ b/peru/resources/plugins/curl/curl_plugin.py
@@ -127,7 +127,26 @@ def plugin_sync(url, sha1):
 def extract_tar(archive_path, dest):
     with tarfile.open(archive_path) as t:
         validate_filenames(info.path for info in t.getmembers())
-        t.extractall(dest)
+        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(t, dest)
 
 
 def extract_zip(archive_path, dest):