suspicious-pickle-import (S403)#
Derived from the flake8-bandit linter.
This rule is unstable and in preview. The --preview flag is required for use.
What it does#
Checks for imports of the pickle, cPickle, dill, and shelve modules.
Why is this bad?#
It is possible to construct malicious pickle data which will execute arbitrary code during unpickling. Consider possible security implications associated with these modules.
Example#
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