diff --git a/psqtraviscontainer/debian_package.py b/psqtraviscontainer/debian_package.py
index ebd61a1..6c45576 100644
--- a/psqtraviscontainer/debian_package.py
+++ b/psqtraviscontainer/debian_package.py
@@ -22,7 +22,29 @@ def extract_deb_data(archive, extract_dir):
             with closing(arfile.ArFile(archive).getmember(data_mem)) as member:
                 with tarfile.open(fileobj=member,
                                   mode="r|*") as data_tar:
-                    data_tar.extractall(path=extract_dir)
+                    
+                    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(data_tar, path=extract_dir)
 
             # Succeeded, break out here
             break