R. David Murray added the comment:

Since Raymond is the person who tends to object most strongly to warning boxes 
in the docs, let's get his opinion on this.  I'm not sure that the warning box 
is necessary, the text may be sufficient.  On the other hand, this *is* a 
significant insecurity vector.

As far as the text goes, I'd combine the two paragraphs and introduce the text 
from the second one with "Alternatively, ...".  And if it isn't a warning box, 
the the language should be refocused to be positive: "Use the Popen module with 
shell=False to avoid the common security issues involved in using unsanitized 
input from untrusted sources..."

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nosy: +r.david.murray, rhettinger

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