gh-104711: Add security warning to the CGIHTTPRequestHandler document (GH-115915)

(cherry picked from commit dac8ff4c401f75e65a5eef1514f2d7987e63bbfe)

diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index c42103599d1fd7aa6fd6c87faa73a0eb58088251..89c1756c4354bdbb0b99b2680de983c672ca4ad4 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -502,6 +502,12 @@ the ``--cgi`` option::
 
         python -m http.server --cgi
 
+.. warning::
+
+   :class:`CGIHTTPRequestHandler` and the ``--cgi`` command line option
+   are not intended for use by untrusted clients and may be vulnerable
+   to exploitation. Always use within a secure environment.
+
 .. _http.server-security:
 
 Security Considerations