diff --git a/pebble_tool/sdk/manager.py b/pebble_tool/sdk/manager.py
index 9f28a70..962af8c 100644
--- a/pebble_tool/sdk/manager.py
+++ b/pebble_tool/sdk/manager.py
@@ -110,7 +110,26 @@ def _install_from_handle(self, f):
                     raise SDKInstallError("Suspicious version number: {}".format(sdk_info['version']))
                 Requirements(sdk_info['requirements']).ensure_satisfied()
                 os.mkdir(os.path.join(self.sdk_dir, sdk_info['version']))
-                t.extractall(path)
+                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, path)
             virtualenv_path = os.path.join(path, ".env")
             print("Preparing virtualenv... (this may take a while)")
             subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "virtualenv", virtualenv_path, "--no-site-packages"])