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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index a48a829..85c0674 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -338,6 +338,13 @@ object, see :ref:`tarinfo-objects` for details. reset each time a file is created in it. And, if a directory's permissions do not allow writing, extracting files to it will fail. + .. 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 ``".."``. + .. versionadded:: 2.5 @@ -354,6 +361,10 @@ object, see :ref:`tarinfo-objects` for details. are some issues you must take care of yourself. See the description for :meth:`extractall` above. + .. warning:: + + See the warning for :meth:`extractall`. + .. method:: TarFile.extractfile(member) |