Review usage of environment variables in the stdlib

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
security

Research direction

Start by searching the Lib/ directory for environment-variable reads and reviewing the surrounding standard-library code. Compare each use against the security concern in the issue, then document the findings and any required follow-up; the issue does not define a specific file or completion criteria.

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Description

stdlib type-security
BPO 33019
Nosy @pitrou, @tiran, @benjaminp, @alex

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2018-03-07.19:07:32.375>
labels = ['type-security', '3.8', '3.7', 'library']
title = 'Review usage of environment variables in the stdlib'
updated_at = <Date 2018-03-08.07:27:45.247>
user = 'https://github.com/pitrou'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2018-03-08.07:27:45.247>
actor = 'benjamin.peterson'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2018-03-07.19:07:32.375>
creator = 'pitrou'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 33019
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['313393', '313395', '313404', '313405', '313425']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'christian.heimes', 'benjamin.peterson', 'alex']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'security'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue33019'
versions = ['Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8']

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