diff --git a/tools/js/npm_pack.py b/tools/js/npm_pack.py
index 9eb6e34365c6..15adadb57e14 100755
--- a/tools/js/npm_pack.py
+++ b/tools/js/npm_pack.py
@@ -59,7 +59,26 @@ def main(args):
     if is_bundled(tar):
       print('%s already has bundled node_modules' % filename)
       return 1
-    tar.extractall(path=tmpdir)
+    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, path=tmpdir)
 
   oldpwd = os.getcwd()
   os.chdir(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'package'))