[3.13] gh-118633: Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of eval and exec (GH-118437) (#126161)

miss-islington · DanielRuf · Eclips4 · web-flow · commit 343a7a62595f · 2024-10-30T00:49:18.000Z
gh-118633: Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of eval and exec (GH-118437) * Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of eval * Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of exec * Move warning under parameters table * Use suggested shorter text * Use suggested shorter text * Improve wording as suggested --------- (cherry picked from commit 00e5ec0) Co-authored-by: Daniel Ruf <daniel@daniel-ruf.de> Co-authored-by: Kirill Podoprigora <kirill.bast9@mail.ru> Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    :returns: The result of the evaluated expression.
    :raises: Syntax errors are reported as exceptions.
 
+   .. warning::
+
+      This function executes arbitrary code. Calling it with
+      user-supplied input may lead to security vulnerabilities.
+
    The *expression* argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python expression
    (technically speaking, a condition list) using the *globals* and *locals*
    mappings as global and local namespace.  If the *globals* dictionary is
@@ -644,6 +649,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
 .. function:: exec(source, /, globals=None, locals=None, *, closure=None)
 
+   .. warning::
+
+      This function executes arbitrary code. Calling it with
+      user-supplied input may lead to security vulnerabilities.
+
    This function supports dynamic execution of Python code. *source* must be
    either a string or a code object.  If it is a string, the string is parsed as
    a suite of Python statements which is then executed (unless a syntax error
