diff --git a/bin/config_migration/create_config_migration.py b/bin/config_migration/create_config_migration.py
index 2d6fff11..0b41cf57 100755
--- a/bin/config_migration/create_config_migration.py
+++ b/bin/config_migration/create_config_migration.py
@@ -97,7 +97,26 @@ def download_release(release_name, stack_name):
     try:
         with tarfile.open(downloaded_file) as tar:
             tar = tarfile.open(downloaded_file)
-            tar.extractall(extracted_files)
+            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, extracted_files)
     except:
         log_error("Opening file {0}{1}{2}, the file may be corrupt."
                 .format(Colours.BLUE, downloaded_file, Colours.NC))