From bd0f2a1955f99dc504d6c7bed495ec2a0ee74859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?=C5=81ukasz=20Langa?= Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 18:42:13 +0200 Subject: [3.8] gh-81054: Document that SimpleHTTPRequestHandler follows symbolic links (GH-94416) (GH-94495) (cherry picked from commit 80aaeabb8bd1e6b49598a7e23e0f8d99b3fcecaf) Co-authored-by: Sam Ezeh --- Doc/library/http.server.rst | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst index d54bd05..0ba5091 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This module defines classes for implementing HTTP servers (Web servers). .. warning:: :mod:`http.server` is not recommended for production. It only implements - basic security checks. + :ref:`basic security checks `. One class, :class:`HTTPServer`, is a :class:`socketserver.TCPServer` subclass. It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests to a @@ -477,3 +477,14 @@ the following command uses a specific directory:: the ``--cgi`` option:: python -m http.server --cgi 8000 + +.. _http.server-security: + +Security Considerations +----------------------- + +.. index:: pair: http.server; security + +:class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` will follow symbolic links when handling +requests, this makes it possible for files outside of the specified directory +to be served. -- cgit v0.12