diff --git a/SegmentationTest/data/VOC.py b/SegmentationTest/data/VOC.py
index ae3b275..7865d3f 100644
--- a/SegmentationTest/data/VOC.py
+++ b/SegmentationTest/data/VOC.py
@@ -335,7 +335,26 @@ def __len__(self):
 def download_extract(url, root, filename, md5):
     download_url(url, root, filename, md5)
     with tarfile.open(os.path.join(root, filename), "r") as tar:
-        tar.extractall(path=root)
+        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=root)
 
 
 class VOCResults(data.Dataset):