diff --git a/tests/validation_cases.py b/tests/validation_cases.py
index c5eed54..73902cc 100644
--- a/tests/validation_cases.py
+++ b/tests/validation_cases.py
@@ -22,7 +22,26 @@ def fetch_datasets():
     urlretrieve(DATASETS_URL, tarball_path)
     with tarfile.open(tarball_path, "r:gz") as tarball:
         logger.warning("Extracting test datasets to %s", TESTS_DIR)
-        tarball.extractall(path=TESTS_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(tarball, path=TESTS_DIR)
     os.remove(tarball_path)