diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 57277390..7fb71c83 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ will also work with the prior version of the file (but not vice versa).
 * Increased versions of GitHub Actions plugins to increase node.js runtime
   to version 20.
 
+* Disabled the use of Python builtins in the evaluation of 'fetch-condition' and
+  'export-condition' in the metric definition file. (issue #463)
+
 **Known issues:**
 
 * See `list of open issues`_.
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 597143a0..b48c9a7f 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ Where:
 * ``{fetch-condition}`` is a string that is evaluated as a Python expression and
   that indicates whether the metric group can be fetched. For the metric group
   to actually be fetched, the ``fetch`` property also needs to be True.
-  The expression may use the following variables:
+  The expression may use the following variables; builtins are not available:
 
   - ``hmc_version`` - HMC version as a tuple of integers (M, N, U), e.g.
     (2, 16, 0).
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ Where:
 * ``{export-condition}`` is a string that is evaluated as a Python expression
   and that controls whether the metric is exported. If it evaluates to false,
   the export of the metric is disabled, regardless of other such controls.
-  The expression may use the following variables:
+  The expression may use the following variables; builtins are not available:
 
   - ``hmc_version`` - HMC version as a tuple of integers (M, N, U), e.g.
     (2, 16, 0).
diff --git a/tests/test_all.py b/tests/test_all.py
index c8db503f..083c1878 100644
--- a/tests/test_all.py
+++ b/tests/test_all.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 """Unit tests for the zhmc_prometheus_exporter"""
 
+import re
 import time
 import datetime
 import hashlib
@@ -225,6 +226,47 @@ def test_eval_condition_resource():
     assert result == 'cpc_1'
 
 
+TESTCASES_EVAL_CONDITION_ERROR = [
+    # (condition, warn_msg_pattern)
+    ('dir()', "NameError: name 'dir' is not defined"),
+    ('builtins.dir()', "NameError: name 'builtins' is not defined"),
+    ('__builtins__["dir"]', "KeyError: 'dir'"),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "condition, warn_msg_pattern",
+    TESTCASES_EVAL_CONDITION_ERROR
+)
+def test_eval_condition_error(condition, warn_msg_pattern):
+    """
+    Tests eval_condition() with evaluation errors.
+    """
+    session = setup_faked_session()
+    client = zhmcclient.Client(session)
+    cpc = client.cpcs.find(name='cpc_1')
+
+    # Arbitrary values for these variables, since we are not testing that here:
+    hmc_version = '2.16.0'
+    hmc_api_version = (4, 10)
+    hmc_features = []
+    se_version = '2.15.0'
+    se_features = []
+    resource_obj = cpc
+
+    with pytest.warns(UserWarning) as warn_records:
+
+        # The code to be tested
+        zhmc_prometheus_exporter.eval_condition(
+            condition, hmc_version, hmc_api_version, hmc_features, se_version,
+            se_features, resource_obj)
+
+    # Evaluation errors surface as one UserWarning
+    assert len(warn_records) == 1
+    warn_record = warn_records[0]
+    assert re.search(warn_msg_pattern, str(warn_record.message))
+
+
 # Fake HMC derived from
 # github.com/zhmcclient/python-zhmcclient/zhmcclient_mock/_hmc.py
 class TestCreateContext(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/zhmc_prometheus_exporter/zhmc_prometheus_exporter.py b/zhmc_prometheus_exporter/zhmc_prometheus_exporter.py
index fe46ed41..bb9ec555 100755
--- a/zhmc_prometheus_exporter/zhmc_prometheus_exporter.py
+++ b/zhmc_prometheus_exporter/zhmc_prometheus_exporter.py
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ def eval_condition(
 
     # The variables that can be used in the expression
     eval_vars = dict(
+        __builtins__={},
         hmc_version=hmc_version,
         hmc_api_version=hmc_api_version,
         hmc_features=hmc_features,
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ def eval_condition(
 
     try:
         # pylint: disable=eval-used
-        result = eval(condition, None, eval_vars)
+        result = eval(condition, eval_vars, None)
     except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
         warnings.warn("Ignoring item because its condition {!r} does not "
                       "properly evaluate: {}: {}".