diff --git a/src/pup/plugins/python_runtime.py b/src/pup/plugins/python_runtime.py
index 723406d..e6787af 100644
--- a/src/pup/plugins/python_runtime.py
+++ b/src/pup/plugins/python_runtime.py
@@ -122,7 +122,26 @@ def _extract_zstd_file(self, filename, target_dir):
             decompressor = zstandard.ZstdDecompressor()
             with decompressor.stream_reader(input_file) as reader:
                 with tarfile.open(mode='r|', fileobj=reader) as tf:
-                    tf.extractall(path=target_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(tf, path=target_dir)
 
 
     def _load_pbs_python_json(self, filename):