diff --git a/python/run_benchmarks.py b/python/run_benchmarks.py
index 0dbc672..d4e1523 100755
--- a/python/run_benchmarks.py
+++ b/python/run_benchmarks.py
@@ -67,7 +67,26 @@ def decompress_data(archive_path, output_dir):
 
     if HAVE_LZMA:
         with tarfile.open(archive_path, mode='r:xz') as xz_file:
-            xz_file.extractall(path=output_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(xz_file, path=output_dir)
     else:
         tar_xz_cmd = ['tar', 'xJf', archive_path, '-C', output_dir]