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diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst index b00e26d..e84c707 100644 --- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst @@ -260,8 +260,12 @@ ZipFile Objects be a subset of the list returned by :meth:`namelist`. *pwd* is the password used for encrypted files. - .. note:: + .. warning:: + Never extract archives from untrusted sources without prior inspection. + It is possible that files are created outside of *path*, e.g. members + that have absolute filenames starting with ``"/"`` or filenames with two + dots ``".."``. This module attempts to prevent that. See :meth:`extract` note. |