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Add allow_imports option to DEFINE_fiddle_config etc., default False#601

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Add allow_imports option to DEFINE_fiddle_config etc., default False

This change fixes an RCE security vulnerability that occurs if the Fiddle flags come from an untrusted or less-trusted source.

This change exposes the allow_imports option in DEFINE_fiddle_config, and defaults it to False (previous behavior was implicitly True); as well as changing the default value of this option in the underlying FiddleFlag class from True to False. This prevents Fiddle from implicitly loading modules and executing code when dotted names are passed, such as --config=config:foo.bar().

If this change broke you: the easiest fix is to add allow_imports=True to your DEFINE_fiddle_config. This will revert your code to the previous behavior. However, if possible we recommend that you instead place all the functions you might need into one module, and set default_module to that.

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This change fixes an RCE security vulnerability that occurs if the Fiddle flags come from an untrusted or less-trusted source.

This change exposes the `allow_imports` option in `DEFINE_fiddle_config`, and defaults it to `False` (previous behavior was implicitly `True`); as well as changing the default value of this option in the underlying `FiddleFlag` class from `True` to `False`. This prevents Fiddle from implicitly loading modules and executing code when dotted names are passed, such as `--config=config:foo.bar()`.

**If this change broke you**: the easiest fix is to add `allow_imports=True` to your `DEFINE_fiddle_config`. This will revert your code to the previous behavior. However, if possible we recommend that you instead place all the functions you might need into one module, and set `default_module` to that.

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