diff --git a/src/v8/test/benchmarks/testcfg.py b/src/v8/test/benchmarks/testcfg.py
index c94a35ffd9..f26e717131 100755
--- a/src/v8/test/benchmarks/testcfg.py
+++ b/src/v8/test/benchmarks/testcfg.py
@@ -147,7 +147,26 @@ def _DownloadIfNecessary(self, url, revision, target_dir):
     archive_file = "downloaded_%s_%s.tar.gz" % (target_dir, revision)
     if os.path.exists(archive_file):
       with tarfile.open(archive_file, "r:gz") as tar:
-        tar.extractall()
+        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)
       with open(revision_file, "w") as f:
         f.write(revision)
       return