diff --git a/pyredex/unpacker.py b/pyredex/unpacker.py
index ca7198b22a8..e4a023c97b5 100644
--- a/pyredex/unpacker.py
+++ b/pyredex/unpacker.py
@@ -556,7 +556,26 @@ def unpack_tar_xz(input: str, output_dir: str) -> None:
 
     with tarfile.open(name=input, mode="r:xz") as t:
         os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        t.extractall(output_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(t, output_dir)
 
 
 class XZSDexMode(BaseDexMode):