diff --git a/convert_jeff33.py b/convert_jeff33.py
index 18578960..77da8894 100755
--- a/convert_jeff33.py
+++ b/convert_jeff33.py
@@ -109,7 +109,26 @@ class CustomFormatter(argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
     for f in details['compressed_files']:
         with tarfile.open(download_path / f, 'r') as tgz:
             print(f'Extracting {f}...')
-            tgz.extractall(path=ace_files_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(tgz, path=ace_files_dir)
 
     if args.cleanup and download_path.exists():
         rmtree(download_path)
diff --git a/convert_nndc71.py b/convert_nndc71.py
index addee17b..4a626cf6 100755
--- a/convert_nndc71.py
+++ b/convert_nndc71.py
@@ -143,7 +143,29 @@ class CustomFormatter(argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
             else:
                 with tarfile.open(download_path / particle / f, 'r') as tgz:
                     print(f'Extracting {f}...')
-                    tgz.extractall(path=extraction_dir)
+                    
+                    import os
+                    
+                    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(tgz, path=extraction_dir)
 
     if args.cleanup and download_path.exists():
         rmtree(download_path)
diff --git a/convert_tendl.py b/convert_tendl.py
index 824ae1ae..92c36194 100755
--- a/convert_tendl.py
+++ b/convert_tendl.py
@@ -126,7 +126,29 @@ class CustomFormatter(argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
     for f in release_details[args.release]['compressed_files']:
         with tarfile.open(download_path / f, 'r') as tgz:
             print(f'Extracting {f}...')
-            tgz.extractall(path=ace_files_dir)
+            
+            import os
+            
+            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(tgz, path=ace_files_dir)
 
     if args.cleanup and download_path.exists():
         rmtree(download_path)
diff --git a/generate_jeff33.py b/generate_jeff33.py
index af93051b..bcd53800 100755
--- a/generate_jeff33.py
+++ b/generate_jeff33.py
@@ -139,7 +139,26 @@ def sort_key(path):
             elif f.endswith('.tar.gz') or f.endswith('.tgz'):
                 print(f'Extracting {f}...')
                 with tarfile.open(f) as tgz:
-                    tgz.extractall()
+                    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(tgz)
 
     # =========================================================================
     # REPLACE C13 AND O17 WITH FILES FROM TENDL 2019
diff --git a/make_compton.py b/make_compton.py
index 8ff892f1..1bbb5383 100755
--- a/make_compton.py
+++ b/make_compton.py
@@ -25,7 +25,29 @@
 if not g4dir.is_dir():
     with tarfile.open(filename, 'r') as tgz:
         print(f'Extracting {filename}...')
-        tgz.extractall()
+        
+        import os
+        
+        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(tgz)
 
 # ==============================================================================
 # GENERATE COMPTON PROFILE HDF5 FILE