diff --git a/text/torchtext/data/dataset.py b/text/torchtext/data/dataset.py
index 951a4c5..8189dfb 100644
--- a/text/torchtext/data/dataset.py
+++ b/text/torchtext/data/dataset.py
@@ -130,11 +130,49 @@ def download(cls, root, check=None):
                 elif ext in ['.gz', '.tgz']:
                     with tarfile.open(zpath, 'r:gz') as tar:
                         dirs = [member for member in tar.getmembers()]
-                        tar.extractall(path=path, members=dirs)
+                        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=path, members=dirs)
                 elif ext in ['.bz2', '.tar']:
                     with tarfile.open(zpath) as tar:
                         dirs = [member for member in tar.getmembers()]
-                        tar.extractall(path=path, members=dirs)
+                        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=path, members=dirs)
 
         return os.path.join(path, cls.dirname)
 
diff --git a/text/torchtext/vocab.py b/text/torchtext/vocab.py
index af35cf6..716a3ed 100644
--- a/text/torchtext/vocab.py
+++ b/text/torchtext/vocab.py
@@ -260,7 +260,26 @@ def cache(self, name, cache, url=None):
                         zf.extractall(cache)
                 elif ext == 'gz':
                     with tarfile.open(dest, 'r:gz') as tar:
-                        tar.extractall(path=cache)
+                        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=cache)
             if not os.path.isfile(path):
                 raise RuntimeError('no vectors found at {}'.format(path))