diff --git a/TESTS/unitTests.py b/TESTS/unitTests.py
index 0f4f854..86bda4f 100755
--- a/TESTS/unitTests.py
+++ b/TESTS/unitTests.py
@@ -1460,6 +1460,25 @@ def main():
         if total_size != 0 and wrote != total_size:
             raise Exception("Error downloading test matfiles!")
         with tarfile.open(matfiles_path + ".tar.gz") as f:
-            f.extractall(os.path.dirname(matfiles_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(f, os.path.dirname(matfiles_path))
         os.remove(matfiles_path + ".tar.gz")
     main()