diff --git a/python/mxnet/contrib/text/embedding.py b/python/mxnet/contrib/text/embedding.py
index c08ef8452138..47d6c7e8ab14 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/contrib/text/embedding.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/contrib/text/embedding.py
@@ -226,7 +226,26 @@ def _get_pretrained_file(cls, embedding_root, pretrained_file_name):
                     zf.extractall(embedding_dir)
             elif ext == '.gz':
                 with tarfile.open(downloaded_file_path, 'r:gz') as tar:
-                    tar.extractall(path=embedding_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(tar, path=embedding_dir)
         return pretrained_file_path
 
     def _load_embedding(self, pretrained_file_path, elem_delim, init_unknown_vec, encoding='utf8'):
diff --git a/python/mxnet/gluon/data/vision/datasets.py b/python/mxnet/gluon/data/vision/datasets.py
index 70e3045e45cd..f627ca5ea7a0 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/gluon/data/vision/datasets.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/gluon/data/vision/datasets.py
@@ -181,7 +181,26 @@ def _get_data(self):
                                 sha1_hash=self._archive_file[1])
 
             with tarfile.open(filename) as tar:
-                tar.extractall(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, self._root)
 
         if self._train:
             data_files = self._train_data
diff --git a/tests/nightly/estimator/test_sentiment_rnn.py b/tests/nightly/estimator/test_sentiment_rnn.py
index e481f70cda49..8cf0952db806 100644
--- a/tests/nightly/estimator/test_sentiment_rnn.py
+++ b/tests/nightly/estimator/test_sentiment_rnn.py
@@ -125,7 +125,26 @@ def download_imdb(data_dir='/tmp/data'):
     if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
         file_path = gluon.utils.download(url, data_dir, sha1_hash=sha1)
     with tarfile.open(file_path, 'r') as f:
-        f.extractall(data_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(f, data_dir)
 
 
 def read_imdb(folder='train'):