diff --git a/ntclient/persistence/sql/usda/__init__.py b/ntclient/persistence/sql/usda/__init__.py
index b210326c..e9e9dd16 100644
--- a/ntclient/persistence/sql/usda/__init__.py
+++ b/ntclient/persistence/sql/usda/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,26 @@ def download_extract_usda() -> None:
             # Extract the archive
             with tarfile.open(save_path, mode="r:xz") as usda_sqlite_file:
                 print("\n" + "tar xvf %s.tar.xz" % USDA_DB_NAME)
-                usda_sqlite_file.extractall(NUTRA_HOME)
+                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(usda_sqlite_file, NUTRA_HOME)
 
             print("==> done downloading %s" % USDA_DB_NAME)