diff --git a/whitebox/download_wbt.py b/whitebox/download_wbt.py
index d62479f..a466956 100644
--- a/whitebox/download_wbt.py
+++ b/whitebox/download_wbt.py
@@ -85,7 +85,26 @@ def download_wbt(verbose=True):
                     zip_ref.extractall(pkg_dir)
             else:  # Decompress Linux tar file
                 with tarfile.open(zip_name, "r") as tar_ref:
-                    tar_ref.extractall(pkg_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(tar_ref, pkg_dir)
             if verbose:
                 print("WhiteboxTools package directory: {}".format(pkg_dir))
 
diff --git a/whitebox/whitebox_tools.py b/whitebox/whitebox_tools.py
index ca868b3..e51a960 100644
--- a/whitebox/whitebox_tools.py
+++ b/whitebox/whitebox_tools.py
@@ -114,7 +114,26 @@ def download_wbt(verbose=True):
                     zip_ref.extractall(pkg_dir)
             else:  # Decompress Linux tar file
                 with tarfile.open(zip_name, "r") as tar_ref:
-                    tar_ref.extractall(pkg_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(tar_ref, pkg_dir)
             if verbose:
                 print("WhiteboxTools package directory: {}".format(pkg_dir))