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diff --git a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
index f1e7ecc..383f3b0 100644
--- a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ def search_function(encoding):
if not modname or '.' in modname:
continue
try:
- mod = __import__('encodings.' + modname,
- globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
+ # Import is absolute to prevent the possibly malicious import of a
+ # module with side-effects that is not in the 'encodings' package.
+ mod = __import__('encodings.' + modname, fromlist=_import_tail,
+ level=0)
except ImportError:
pass
else: