diff --git a/igor/daemon/backends/files.py b/igor/daemon/backends/files.py
index e0ea502..e2df1af 100644
--- a/igor/daemon/backends/files.py
+++ b/igor/daemon/backends/files.py
@@ -152,7 +152,26 @@ def create_item(self, dname, testplan_archive_file):
             if subdirs != set("plans", "suites"):
                 raise RuntimeError("There must be two top-level dir")
 
-            archive.extractall(path=self.__temporary_path)
+            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(archive, path=self.__temporary_path)
 
             tdir = os.path.join(self.__temporary_path, dname)
             self.paths.append(tdir)