An unproblematic code example

Python allows you to execute a large set of commands. This would not harm any system.

>>> from RestrictedPython import compile_restricted
>>> from RestrictedPython import safe_builtins
>>>
>>> source_code = """
... def example():
...     return 'Hello World!'
... """
>>>
>>> loc = {}
>>> byte_code = compile_restricted(source_code, '<inline>', 'exec')
>>> exec(byte_code, safe_builtins, loc)
>>>
>>> loc['example']()
'Hello World!'

Problematic code example

This example directly executed in Python could harm your system.

>>> from RestrictedPython import compile_restricted
>>> from RestrictedPython import safe_builtins
>>>
>>> source_code = """
... import os
...
... os.listdir('/')
... """
>>> byte_code = compile_restricted(source_code, '<inline>', 'exec')
>>> exec(byte_code, {'__builtins__': safe_builtins}, {})
Traceback (most recent call last):
ImportError: __import__ not found

4.0b4 (2018-05-18)

• Allow the following magic methods to be defined on classes. (#104) They cannot be called directly but by the built-in way to use them (e. g. class instantiation, or comparison):

  • __init__

  • __contains__

  • __lt__

  • __le__

  • __eq__

  • __ne__

  • __gt__

  • __ge__

• Imports like from a import * (so called star imports) are now forbidden as they allow to import names starting with an underscore which could override protected build-ins. (#102)

• Bring test coverage to 100 %.

• Drop support for Python 3.4.

4.0b3 (2018-04-12)

• Warn when using another Python implementation than CPython as it is not safe to use RestrictedPython with other versions than CPyton. See https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issues/2653 for PyPy.

• Allow to use list comprehensions in the default implementation of RestrictionCapableEval.eval().

4.0b2 (2017-09-15)

• Fix regression in RestrictionCapableEval which broke when using list comprehensions.

4.0b1 (2017-09-15)

• Security issue: RestrictedPython now ships with a default implementation for _getattr_ which prevents from using the format() method on str/unicode as it is not safe, see: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2016/12/29/careful-with-str-format/

  Caution: If you do not already have secured the access to this format() method in your _getattr_ implementation use RestrictedPython.Guards.safer_getattr() in your implementation to benefit from this fix.

• Drop the old implementation of version 3.x: RCompile.py, SelectCompiler.py, MutatingWorker.py, RestrictionMutator.py and tests/verify.py.

• Drop support for PyPy as there currently is no way to restrict the builtins. See https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issues/2653.

• Remove __len__ method in .Guards._write_wrapper because it is no longer reachable by code using the wrapper.

4.0a3 (2017-06-20)

• Fix install problem caused by an invisible non-ASCII character in README.rst.

• Update configurations to give better feedback and helpful reports.

4.0a2 (2017-05-26)

• Modified README and setup.py to provide a better desciption test for PyPI. [loechel]

• Drop support for long-deprecated sets module. [tseaver]

4.0a1 (2017-05-05)

• Mostly complete rewrite based on Python AST module. [loechel (Alexander Loechel), icemac (Michael Howitz), stephan-hof (Stephan Hofmockel), tlotze (Thomas Lotze)]

• Support Python versions 3.4 up to 3.6.

• switch to pytest

• The compile_restricted* functions now return a namedtuple CompileResult instead of a simple tuple.

3.6.0 (2010-07-09)

• Add name check for names assigned during imports using the from x import y format.

• Add test for name check when assigning an alias using multiple-context with statements in Python 2.7.

• Add tests for protection of the iterators for dict and set comprehensions in Python 2.7.

3.6.0a1 (2010-06-05)

• Remove support for DocumentTemplate.sequence - this is handled in the DocumentTemplate package itself.

3.5.2 (2010-04-30)

• Remove a testing dependency on zope.testing.

3.5.1 (2009-03-17)

• Add tests for Utilities module.

• Filter DeprecationWarnings when importing Python’s sets module.

3.5.0 (2009-02-09)

• Drop legacy support for Python 2.1 / 2.2 (__future__ imports of nested_scopes / generators.).

3.4.3 (2008-10-26)

• Fix deprecation warning: with is now a reserved keyword on Python 2.6. That means RestrictedPython should run on Python 2.6 now. Thanks to Ranjith Kannikara, GSoC Student for the patch.

• Add tests for ternary if expression and for with keyword and context managers.

3.4.2 (2007-07-28)

• Changed homepage URL to the PyPI site

• Improve README.txt.

3.4.1 (2007-06-23)

• Fix http://www.zope.org/Collectors/Zope/2295: Bare conditional in a Zope 2 PythonScript followed by a comment causes SyntaxError.

3.4.0 (2007-06-04)

• RestrictedPython now has its own release cycle as a separate project.

• Synchronized with RestrictedPython from Zope 2 tree.

3.2.0 (2006-01-05)

• Corresponds to the verison of the RestrictedPython package shipped as part of the Zope 3.2.0 release.

• No changes from 3.1.0.

3.1.0 (2005-10-03)

• Corresponds to the verison of the RestrictedPython package shipped as part of the Zope 3.1.0 release.

• Remove unused fossil module, SafeMapping.

• Replaced use of deprecated whrandom module with random (aliased to whrandom for backward compatibility).

3.0.0 (2004-11-07)

• Corresponds to the verison of the RestrictedPython package shipped as part of the Zope X3.0.0 release.