diff --git a/src/macaron/slsa_analyzer/checks/provenance_l3_check.py b/src/macaron/slsa_analyzer/checks/provenance_l3_check.py
index 3064f822c..9b778acc3 100644
--- a/src/macaron/slsa_analyzer/checks/provenance_l3_check.py
+++ b/src/macaron/slsa_analyzer/checks/provenance_l3_check.py
@@ -239,21 +239,35 @@ def _extract_archive(self, file_path: str, temp_path: str) -> bool:
         bool
             Returns True if successful.
         """
+
+        def _validate_path_traversal(path: str) -> bool:
+            """Check for path traversal attacks."""
+            if path.startswith("/") or ".." in path:
+                logger.debug("Found suspicious path in the archive file: %s.", path)
+                return False
+            try:
+                # Check if there are any symbolic links.
+                if os.path.realpath(path):
+                    return True
+            except OSError as error:
+                logger.debug("Failed to extract artifact from archive file: %s", error)
+                return False
+            return False
+
         try:
             if zipfile.is_zipfile(file_path):
                 with zipfile.ZipFile(file_path, "r") as zip_file:
-                    zip_file.extractall(temp_path)
+                    members = (path for path in zip_file.namelist() if _validate_path_traversal(path))
+                    zip_file.extractall(temp_path, members=members)  # nosec B202:tarfile_unsafe_members
                     return True
             elif tarfile.is_tarfile(file_path):
                 with tarfile.open(file_path, mode="r:gz") as tar_file:
-                    tar_file.extractall(temp_path)
+                    members_tarinfo = (
+                        tarinfo for tarinfo in tar_file.getmembers() if _validate_path_traversal(tarinfo.name)
+                    )
+                    tar_file.extractall(temp_path, members=members_tarinfo)  # nosec B202:tarfile_unsafe_members
                     return True
-        except (
-            tarfile.TarError,
-            zipfile.BadZipFile,
-            zipfile.LargeZipFile,
-            OSError,
-        ) as error:
+        except (tarfile.TarError, zipfile.BadZipFile, zipfile.LargeZipFile, OSError, ValueError) as error:
             logger.info(error)
 
         return False
diff --git a/src/macaron/util.py b/src/macaron/util.py
index 91758c720..2db5a3d56 100644
--- a/src/macaron/util.py
+++ b/src/macaron/util.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ def send_get_http(url: str, headers: dict) -> dict:
         The response's json data or an empty dict if there is an error.
     """
     logger.debug("GET - %s", url)
-    response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10))
+    response = requests.get(
+        url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10)
+    )  # nosec B113:request_without_timeout
     while response.status_code != 200:
         logger.error(
             "Receiving error code %s from server. Message: %s.",
@@ -47,7 +49,9 @@ def send_get_http(url: str, headers: dict) -> dict:
             check_rate_limit(response)
         else:
             return {}
-        response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10))
+        response = requests.get(
+            url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10)
+        )  # nosec B113:request_without_timeout
 
     return dict(response.json())
 
@@ -70,7 +74,9 @@ def send_get_http_raw(url: str, headers: dict) -> Response | None:
         The response object or None if there is an error.
     """
     logger.debug("GET - %s", url)
-    response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10))
+    response = requests.get(
+        url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10)
+    )  # nosec B113:request_without_timeout
     while response.status_code != 200:
         logger.error(
             "Receiving error code %s from server. Message: %s.",
@@ -81,7 +87,9 @@ def send_get_http_raw(url: str, headers: dict) -> Response | None:
             check_rate_limit(response)
         else:
             return None
-        response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10))
+        response = requests.get(
+            url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10)
+        )  # nosec B113:request_without_timeout
 
     return response
 
@@ -155,7 +163,9 @@ def download_github_build_log(url: str, headers: dict) -> str:
         The content of the downloaded build log or empty if error.
     """
     logger.debug("Downloading content at link %s", url)
-    response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10))
+    response = requests.get(
+        url=url, headers=headers, timeout=defaults.getint("requests", "timeout", fallback=10)
+    )  # nosec B113:request_without_timeout
 
     return response.content.decode("utf-8")