diff --git a/engine/datasets/cars.py b/engine/datasets/cars.py
index 9f02875..624a972 100644
--- a/engine/datasets/cars.py
+++ b/engine/datasets/cars.py
@@ -74,7 +74,26 @@ def download(self):
             if fname.endswith('tgz'):
                 print("Extracting %s..." % fname)
                 with tarfile.open(os.path.join(self.root, fname), "r:gz") as tar:
-                    tar.extractall(path=self.root)
+                    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=self.root)
 
         copyfile(os.path.join(self.root, 'cars_test_annos_withlabels.mat'),
                  os.path.join(self.root, 'devkit', 'cars_test_annos_withlabels.mat'))
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diff --git a/engine/datasets/cub200.py b/engine/datasets/cub200.py
index 3deec14..ff8d9d6 100644
--- a/engine/datasets/cub200.py
+++ b/engine/datasets/cub200.py
@@ -51,7 +51,26 @@ def download(self):
             download_url(self.url, self.root, self.filename)
         print("Extracting %s..." % self.filename)
         with tarfile.open(os.path.join(self.root, self.filename), "r:gz") as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=self.root)
+            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=self.root)
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.data)
diff --git a/engine/datasets/dogs.py b/engine/datasets/dogs.py
index 1581974..78ae9fd 100644
--- a/engine/datasets/dogs.py
+++ b/engine/datasets/dogs.py
@@ -55,4 +55,23 @@ def download(self):
                 # extract file
             print("Extracting %s..." % fname)
             with tarfile.open(os.path.join(self.root, fname), "r") as tar:
-                tar.extractall(path=self.root)
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+                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=self.root)
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