diff --git a/mmsim/download.py b/mmsim/download.py
index e0f67b8..65fd5c8 100644
--- a/mmsim/download.py
+++ b/mmsim/download.py
@@ -76,5 +76,24 @@ def download_micromouseonline_mazes(download_path: Path):
     reveal_tar, headers = urlretrieve(url)
     with tarfile.open(reveal_tar) as tar:
         members = clean_tar_members(tar.getmembers())
-        tar.extractall(str(download_path), members)
+        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, str(download_path), members)
     os.remove(reveal_tar)