diff --git a/data-processing/common/unpack.py b/data-processing/common/unpack.py
index f1944fb4..e60c0bea 100644
--- a/data-processing/common/unpack.py
+++ b/data-processing/common/unpack.py
@@ -27,7 +27,26 @@ def unpack_archive(archive_path: str, dest_dir: str) -> None:
     # quarantines TeX and the compilation process using chroot.
     try:
         with tarfile.open(archive_path, mode="r:gz") as archive:
-            archive.extractall(dest_dir, members=get_safe_files(archive, dest_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(archive, dest_dir, members=get_safe_files(archive,dest_dir))
             logging.debug("Unpacked %s as a tar archive", archive_path)
         return
     except tarfile.ReadError: