diff --git a/mlopt/optimizer.py b/mlopt/optimizer.py
index ae90fb8..c10ef51 100644
--- a/mlopt/optimizer.py
+++ b/mlopt/optimizer.py
@@ -603,7 +603,26 @@ def from_file(cls, file_name):
         # Extract file to temporary directory and read it
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
             with tarfile.open(file_name) as tar:
-                tar.extractall(path=tmpdir)
+                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=tmpdir)
 
             # Load optimizer
             optimizer_file_name = os.path.join(tmpdir, "optimizer.pkl")