diff --git a/src/patient_abm/agent/base.py b/src/patient_abm/agent/base.py
index a141859..d221022 100644
--- a/src/patient_abm/agent/base.py
+++ b/src/patient_abm/agent/base.py
@@ -106,7 +106,29 @@ def load(cls, tar_file: Union[str, Path]) -> AgentType:
             temp_dir = Path(temp_dir)
 
             with tarfile.open(tar_file, "r") as archive:
-                archive.extractall(path=str(temp_dir))
+                
+                import os
+                
+                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, path=str(temp_dir))
 
             for attr_name in cls.serialisable_attributes: