diff --git a/applications/snapback/aciconfigdb.py b/applications/snapback/aciconfigdb.py
index 8531a412..d3cdafb0 100644
--- a/applications/snapback/aciconfigdb.py
+++ b/applications/snapback/aciconfigdb.py
@@ -418,7 +418,26 @@ def take_snapshot_using_export_policy(self, callback=None):
                 sftp.get('/home/' + self.session.uid + '/' + file_name, './' + file_name)
                 sftp.remove('/home/' + self.session.uid + '/' + file_name)
                 with tarfile.open(file_name, 'r:gz') as tfile:
-                    tfile.extractall(self.repo_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(tfile, self.repo_dir)
                 os.remove(file_name)
                 for json_filename in os.listdir(self.repo_dir):
                     print('checking', json_filename)