diff --git a/prouter/api/job.py b/prouter/api/job.py
index 7e234a6..79424fd 100644
--- a/prouter/api/job.py
+++ b/prouter/api/job.py
@@ -214,7 +214,29 @@ async def download_archive(
             if destination is None:
                 return arcpath
             with tarfile.open(arcpath, 'r') as arc:
-                arc.extractall(destination)
+                
+                import os
+                
+                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(arc, destination)
             arcpath.unlink()
         except Exception:
             if arcpath.exists():
diff --git a/prouter/client/job_client.py b/prouter/client/job_client.py
index 9472635..4ab4ffb 100644
--- a/prouter/client/job_client.py
+++ b/prouter/client/job_client.py
@@ -281,7 +281,29 @@ async def download_directory(self, source, destination, exclude=None):
             unpack_path = pathlib.Path(tempdir).joinpath('unpacked')
             unpack_path.mkdir()  # pylint: disable=no-member
             with tarfile.open(arcpath, 'r') as arc:
-                arc.extractall(unpack_path)
+                
+                import os
+                
+                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(arc, unpack_path)
             unpack_path = unpack_path.joinpath(source)
             for src in unpack_path.glob('**/*'):  # pylint: disable=no-member
                 dst = destination.joinpath(src.relative_to(unpack_path))
diff --git a/prouter/test/test_jobs.py b/prouter/test/test_jobs.py
index be31e3e..bde38b6 100644
--- a/prouter/test/test_jobs.py
+++ b/prouter/test/test_jobs.py
@@ -221,7 +221,26 @@ async def test_upload_download_archive(event_loop, router_process, tmpdir):
                     arc.write(chunk)
                     chunk = await response.content.readany()
         with tarfile.open(DOWNLOAD_ARC, 'r') as arc:
-            arc.extractall(DOWNLOAD_PATH)
+            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(arc, DOWNLOAD_PATH)
         assert len(os.listdir(DOWNLOAD_PATH)) == 1
         with open(DATA_PATH.joinpath('something.py')) as uploaded:
             with open(DOWNLOAD_PATH.joinpath('something.py')) as downloaded: