diff --git a/tests/integration/test_install_twists.py b/tests/integration/test_install_twists.py
index f3e88a41..5b62a0aa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_install_twists.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_install_twists.py
@@ -146,7 +146,26 @@ def test_local_package(pipenv_instance_private_pypi, pip_src_dir, testsroot):
         import tarfile
 
         with tarfile.open(copy_to, "r:gz") as tgz:
-            tgz.extractall(path=p.path)
+            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) 
+                
+            
+            safe_extract(tgz, path=p.path)
         c = p.pipenv(f"install -e {package}")
         assert c.returncode == 0
         assert all(