gh-91783: Document security considerations for shutil.unpack_archive (GH-91844)

(cherry picked from commit 4b297a9ffd4a1d420c1a8016f4ed2c7f1d298469)

Co-authored-by: Sam Ezeh <sam.z.ezeh@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
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@@ -630,10 +630,16 @@ provided.  They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
 
    .. audit-event:: shutil.unpack_archive filename,extract_dir,format shutil.unpack_archive
 
+   .. warning::
+
+      Never extract archives from untrusted sources without prior inspection.
+      It is possible that files are created outside of the path specified in
+      the *extract_dir* argument, e.g. members that have absolute filenames
+      starting with "/" or filenames with two dots "..".
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.7
       Accepts a :term:`path-like object` for *filename* and *extract_dir*.
 
-
 .. function:: register_unpack_format(name, extensions, function[, extra_args[, description]])
 
    Registers an unpack format. *name* is the name of the format and

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-04-23-00-22-54.gh-issue-91783.N09dRR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-04-23-00-22-54.gh-issue-91783.N09dRR.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Document security issues concerning the use of the function
+:meth:`shutil.unpack_archive`