https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5cbe312ca3272022378f11b15349d3ea4ff028e commit: c5cbe312ca3272022378f11b15349d3ea4ff028e branch: main author: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]> committer: StanFromIreland <[email protected]> date: 2026-10-18T11:44:24+01:00 summary:
Add a security warning to the `mailbox` docs (#149295) Co-authored-by: R. David Murray <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/mailbox.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst index 5b9741bdbcad19e..0399b55721c8345 100644 --- a/Doc/library/mailbox.rst +++ b/Doc/library/mailbox.rst @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ accessing and manipulating on-disk mailboxes and the messages they contain. :class:`~email.message.Message` class with format-specific state and behavior. Supported mailbox formats are Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF. +.. warning:: + + The :mod:`!mailbox` module is designed for use in trusted environments, + where data from untrusted sources is never passed to the module's API + calls and only trusted users have access to the filesystems accessible + to the module. .. seealso:: _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
