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diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst index ec357bb73b..0577f10f3e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst @@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ ZipFile Objects be a subset of the list returned by :meth:`namelist`. *pwd* is the password used for encrypted files. + .. 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:: 2.6 |