[Doc] Warn against loading JSON from external source (#7918)

2022-05-18 17:02:36 -07:00
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--- a/doc/tutorials/saving_model.rst
+++ b/doc/tutorials/saving_model.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ a filename with ``.json`` or ``.ubj`` as file extension, the latter is the exten

  xgb.save(bst, 'model_file_name.json')

+.. note::
+
+  Only load models from JSON files that were produced by XGBoost. Attempting to load
+  JSON files that were produced by an external source may lead to undefined behaviors
+  and crashes.
+
 While for memory snapshot, UBJSON is the default starting with xgboost 1.6.

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