diff --git a/cibuildwheel/__main__.py b/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
index 02fb4663..e0def548 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/__main__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import functools
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
-import tarfile
 import textwrap
 import traceback
 import typing
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ from typing import Any, Literal, TextIO
 
 import cibuildwheel
 from cibuildwheel import errors
+from cibuildwheel._compat.tarfile import TarFile, safe_extractall
 from cibuildwheel.architecture import Architecture, allowed_architectures_check
 from cibuildwheel.ci import CIProvider, detect_ci_provider, fix_ansi_codes_for_github_actions
 from cibuildwheel.logger import log
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ def main_inner(global_options: GlobalOptions) -> None:
     # Tarfile builds require extraction and changing the directory
     temp_dir = Path(mkdtemp(prefix="cibw-sdist-")).resolve(strict=True)
     try:
-        with tarfile.open(args.package_dir) as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=temp_dir)
+        with TarFile.open(args.package_dir) as tar:
+            safe_extractall(tar, temp_dir)
 
         # The extract directory is now the project dir
         try:
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/_compat/__init__.py b/cibuildwheel/_compat/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/_compat/tarfile.py b/cibuildwheel/_compat/tarfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cdd92f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cibuildwheel/_compat/tarfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Based on https://github.com/pypa/build/blob/f4ebd495cc0c2c74155bd4fe48b76399fb7927ac/src/build/_compat/tarfile.py
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+import tarfile
+
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    TarFile = tarfile.TarFile
+
+# Per https://peps.python.org/pep-0706/, the "data" filter will become
+# the default in Python 3.14. The first series of releases with the filter
+# had a broken filter that could not process symlinks correctly.
+elif (3, 11, 5) <= sys.version_info < (3, 14):
+
+    class TarFile(tarfile.TarFile):  # pragma: no cover
+        extraction_filter = staticmethod(tarfile.data_filter)
+
+else:
+    TarFile = tarfile.TarFile  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+# Same availability matrix as the TarFile subclass above. On runtimes that
+# ship the stdlib ``data`` filter we delegate to it; the fallback branch is
+# only reached on 3.10.0-3.10.12 / 3.11.0-3.11.4 and validates each member
+# manually before extraction.
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11, 5):
+
+    def safe_extractall(tar: tarfile.TarFile, path: Path) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
+        """Extract every member of ``tar`` into ``path`` via the PEP 706 ``data`` filter."""
+        tar.extractall(path, filter="data")
+
+else:
+
+    def safe_extractall(tar: tarfile.TarFile, path: Path) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
+        """Validate every member of ``tar``, then extract into ``path``.
+
+        Reached on 3.10.0-3.10.12 / 3.11.0-3.11.4 where the stdlib ``data`` filter is missing. Device or special files,
+        paths that escape ``path``, and symlinks/hardlinks whose targets resolve outside ``path`` are rejected before
+        any write hits the disk.
+
+        """
+        base = path.resolve()
+        for member in tar.getmembers():
+            _validate_safe_member(member, base)
+        tar.extractall(path)
+
+
+def _validate_safe_member(member: tarfile.TarInfo, base: Path) -> None:
+    if member.ischr() or member.isblk() or member.isfifo():
+        msg = f"refusing to extract special device file {member.name!r}"
+        raise tarfile.TarError(msg)
+    target = (base / member.name).resolve(strict=False)
+    if not target.is_relative_to(base):
+        msg = f"refusing to extract {member.name!r}: path escapes destination"
+        raise tarfile.TarError(msg)
+    if member.issym() or member.islnk():
+        link_base = target.parent if member.issym() else base
+        link_target = (link_base / member.linkname).resolve(strict=False)
+        if not link_target.is_relative_to(base):
+            msg = f"refusing to extract {member.name!r}: link target escapes destination"
+            raise tarfile.TarError(msg)
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "TarFile",
+    "safe_extractall",
+]