diff --git a/allennlp/allennlp/models/archival.py b/allennlp/allennlp/models/archival.py
index 7cca7b6..5db007c 100644
--- a/allennlp/allennlp/models/archival.py
+++ b/allennlp/allennlp/models/archival.py
@@ -190,7 +190,26 @@ def load_archive(
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         logger.info(f"extracting archive file {resolved_archive_file} to temp dir {tempdir}")
         with tarfile.open(resolved_archive_file, "r:gz") as archive:
-            archive.extractall(tempdir)
+            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, tempdir)
         # Postpone cleanup until exit in case the unarchived contents are needed outside
         # this function.
         atexit.register(_cleanup_archive_dir, tempdir)
diff --git a/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_multilang_test.py b/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_multilang_test.py
index 6b78ccb..eabc2cc 100644
--- a/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_multilang_test.py
+++ b/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_multilang_test.py
@@ -37,7 +37,26 @@ def test_file_archiving(self):
         archive_file = os.path.join(serialization_dir, "model.tar.gz")
         unarchive_dir = os.path.join(self.TEST_DIR, "unarchive")
         with tarfile.open(archive_file, "r:gz") as archive:
-            archive.extractall(unarchive_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(archive, unarchive_dir)
 
         # It should contain `files_to_archive.json`
         fta_file = os.path.join(unarchive_dir, "files_to_archive.json")
diff --git a/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_test.py b/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_test.py
index 96d6500..2349901 100644
--- a/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_test.py
+++ b/allennlp/allennlp/tests/modules/token_embedders/elmo_token_embedder_test.py
@@ -51,7 +51,26 @@ def test_file_archiving(self):
         archive_file = os.path.join(serialization_dir, "model.tar.gz")
         unarchive_dir = os.path.join(self.TEST_DIR, "unarchive")
         with tarfile.open(archive_file, "r:gz") as archive:
-            archive.extractall(unarchive_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(archive, unarchive_dir)
 
         # It should contain `files_to_archive.json`
         fta_file = os.path.join(unarchive_dir, "files_to_archive.json")
diff --git a/allennlp/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py b/allennlp/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py
index fc1014d..8070d30 100644
--- a/allennlp/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py
+++ b/allennlp/allennlp/tools/archive_surgery.py
@@ -68,7 +68,26 @@ def main():
     # Extract archive to temp dir
     tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
     with tarfile.open(archive_file, "r:gz") as archive:
-        archive.extractall(tempdir)
+        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, tempdir)
     atexit.register(lambda: shutil.rmtree(tempdir))
 
     config_path = os.path.join(tempdir, CONFIG_NAME)