diff --git a/src/hvc/utils/datasets.py b/src/hvc/utils/datasets.py
index a842a37..1e78bc0 100644
--- a/src/hvc/utils/datasets.py
+++ b/src/hvc/utils/datasets.py
@@ -514,7 +514,26 @@ def fetch(dataset_str, destination_path=".", remove_compressed_file=True):
 
             if file_name.endswith(".tar.gz"):
                 with tarfile.open(file_name) as tar:
-                    tar.extractall(path=destination_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(tar, path=destination_path)
 
             elif file_name.endswith(".zip"):
                 with ZipFile(file_name, "r") as zipfile: