diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/TarSlipCustomizations.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/TarSlipCustomizations.qll
index 2dbe2c542aee..fb28100f8e94 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/TarSlipCustomizations.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/TarSlipCustomizations.qll
@@ -132,6 +132,52 @@ module TarSlip {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * A call to `shutil.unpack_archive`, considered as a flow sink.
+   *
+   * The first argument (the archive filename) is the sink.
+   */
+  class ShutilUnpackArchiveSink extends Sink {
+    ShutilUnpackArchiveSink() {
+      this = API::moduleImport("shutil").getMember("unpack_archive").getACall().getArg(0)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A call to `subprocess` functions that invokes `tar` for archive extraction,
+   * considered as a flow sink.
+   *
+   * The sink is the non-literal element in the command list that corresponds
+   * to the archive filename (e.g. the `unsafe_filename` in
+   * `subprocess.run(["tar", "-xf", unsafe_filename])`).
+   */
+  class SubprocessTarExtractionSink extends Sink {
+    SubprocessTarExtractionSink() {
+      exists(SequenceNode cmdList, DataFlow::CallCfgNode call, int i |
+        call =
+          API::moduleImport("subprocess")
+              .getMember(["run", "call", "check_call", "check_output", "Popen"])
+              .getACall() and
+        cmdList = call.getArg(0).asCfgNode() and
+        // Command must be "tar" exactly or a path ending in "/tar" (e.g. "/usr/bin/tar")
+        exists(string cmd |
+          cmd = cmdList.getElement(0).getNode().(StringLiteral).getText() and
+          (cmd = "tar" or cmd.matches("%/tar"))
+        ) and
+        // At least one extraction-related flag must be present:
+        // single-dash flags containing 'x' (like -x, -xf, -xvf) or the long option --extract
+        exists(string flag |
+          flag = cmdList.getElement(_).getNode().(StringLiteral).getText() and
+          (flag.regexpMatch("-[a-zA-Z]*x[a-zA-Z]*") or flag = "--extract")
+        ) and
+        // The sink is the specific non-literal argument (the archive filename)
+        i > 0 and
+        not cmdList.getElement(i).getNode() instanceof StringLiteral and
+        this.asCfgNode() = cmdList.getElement(i)
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Holds if `g` clears taint for `tarInfo`.
    *
diff --git a/python/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-022-TarSlip/tarslip.py b/python/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-022-TarSlip/tarslip.py
index 2c06d01adfd5..bf8e2d0e2642 100644
--- a/python/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-022-TarSlip/tarslip.py
+++ b/python/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-022-TarSlip/tarslip.py
@@ -114,3 +114,16 @@ def safemembers(members):
 
 tar = tarfile.open(unsafe_filename_tar)
 tar.extractall(members=safemembers(tar), filter=extraction_filter) # safe -- we assume `safemembers` makes up for the unsafe filter
+
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+# shutil.unpack_archive
+shutil.unpack_archive(unsafe_filename_tar, "out") # unsafe
+shutil.unpack_archive("safe.tar", "out") # safe
+
+# subprocess tar extraction
+subprocess.run(["tar", "-xf", unsafe_filename_tar]) # unsafe
+subprocess.check_call(["tar", "-xf", unsafe_filename_tar]) # unsafe
+subprocess.run(["tar", "-xf", "safe.tar"]) # safe
+subprocess.run(["echo", unsafe_filename_tar]) # safe - not a tar extraction