diff --git a/jupyterlab-and-elyra/pipelines/hello_world/load_data.py b/jupyterlab-and-elyra/pipelines/hello_world/load_data.py
index c6c50b2..5fc6b9d 100644
--- a/jupyterlab-and-elyra/pipelines/hello_world/load_data.py
+++ b/jupyterlab-and-elyra/pipelines/hello_world/load_data.py
@@ -45,7 +45,26 @@ def download_from_public_url(url):
             print('Extracting downloaded file in directory "{}" ...'
                   .format(data_dir))
             with tarfile.open(downloaded_data_file, 'r') as tar:
-                tar.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(tar, data_dir)
             print('Removing downloaded file ...')
             downloaded_data_file.unlink()