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Expand Up @@ -324,8 +324,9 @@ Miscellaneous options

In isolated mode :data:`sys.path` contains neither the script's directory nor
the user's site-packages directory. All ``PYTHON*`` environment
variables are ignored, too. Further restrictions may be imposed to prevent
the user from injecting malicious code.
variables are ignored, too. This feature is not a security boundary.
Further restrictions need to be imposed to prevent the user from injecting
malicious code.

.. versionadded:: 3.4

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