Is this a security risk with Python too?

[Bernhard Herzog]

Gerhard Häring <gerhard.haering at opus-gmbh.net> writes:

> Roman Suzi wrote:
> > Among numerous security alerts, I saw the following:
[current working directory on a module search path]
> > Is this true for Python too (in some cases)?
> 
> No, unless you explicitely put the working directory into Python's search
> path by changing PYTHONPATH or sys.path, for example.

Or when you're running in interactive mode or the script you pass on the
commandline is in the working directory.

   Bernhard

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