diff --git a/allennlp/models/archival.py b/allennlp/models/archival.py
index be915c14574..48be2887d6f 100644
--- a/allennlp/models/archival.py
+++ b/allennlp/models/archival.py
@@ -299,7 +299,26 @@ def extracted_archive(resolved_archive_file, cleanup=True):
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         logger.info(f"extracting archive file {resolved_archive_file} to temp dir {tempdir}")
         with tarfile.open(resolved_archive_file, "r:gz") as archive:
-            archive.extractall(tempdir)
+            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, tempdir)
         yield tempdir
     finally:
         if tempdir is not None and cleanup:
diff --git a/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py b/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py
index 3cba3f57169..e7a0b35644a 100644
--- a/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py
+++ b/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py
@@ -67,7 +67,26 @@ def main():
     # Extract archive to temp dir
     tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
     with tarfile.open(archive_file, "r:gz") as archive:
-        archive.extractall(tempdir)
+        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, tempdir)
     atexit.register(lambda: shutil.rmtree(tempdir))
 
     config_path = os.path.join(tempdir, CONFIG_NAME)
diff --git a/tests/models/archival_test.py b/tests/models/archival_test.py
index 4a40588bc13..7b875a297b0 100644
--- a/tests/models/archival_test.py
+++ b/tests/models/archival_test.py
@@ -159,7 +159,26 @@ def test_include_in_archive(self):
         # Assert that the additional targets were archived
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
             with tarfile.open(serialization_dir / "model.tar.gz", "r:gz") as archive:
-                archive.extractall(tempdir)
+                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, tempdir)
             assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(tempdir, "metrics_epoch_0.json"))
             assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(tempdir, "metrics_epoch_1.json"))
             assert not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(tempdir, "metrics.json"))