[New-bugs-announce] [issue34791] xml package does not obey sys.flags.ignore_environment

[Christian Heimes]

New submission from Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de>:

On two occasions, the xml package uses environment variables to override parser / DOM implementations: xml.sax package and xml.dom.domreg module. On both occasions, the code should not use env vars to override module names, when the interpreter is started with flags like -E or -I.

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components: XML
messages: 326267
nosy: christian.heimes
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: xml package does not obey sys.flags.ignore_environment
type: security
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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