diff --git a/scripts/download-blender.py b/scripts/download-blender.py
index 3da842b..3685a2a 100644
--- a/scripts/download-blender.py
+++ b/scripts/download-blender.py
@@ -34,7 +34,26 @@ if(platform.system() == 'Linux'):
     urllib.request.urlretrieve(linuxURL, './dependencies/linux/blender.tar.xz')
     print("Extracting linux version")
     with tarfile.open('./dependencies/linux/blender.tar.xz') as tfile:
-        tfile.extractall('./dependencies/linux')
+        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(tfile, "./dependencies/linux")
             
     print("Adjust linux version")
     oldLinuxName = linuxURL.split('/')[-1].replace('.tar.xz', '')