diff --git a/vendor/lowrisc_ip/util/dvsim/LsfLauncher.py b/vendor/lowrisc_ip/util/dvsim/LsfLauncher.py
index 4c623433d3..a0e3b1d200 100644
--- a/vendor/lowrisc_ip/util/dvsim/LsfLauncher.py
+++ b/vendor/lowrisc_ip/util/dvsim/LsfLauncher.py
@@ -54,7 +54,26 @@ def prepare_workspace(project, repo_top, args):
             log.info("[prepare_workspace]: [pyvenv]: Extracting %s",
                      Launcher.pyvenv)
             with tarfile.open(Launcher.pyvenv, mode='r') as tar:
-                tar.extractall(args.scratch_root)
+                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, args.scratch_root)
             log.info("[prepare_workspace]: [pyvenv]: Done: %s", path)
         Launcher.pyvenv = path