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# should not bypass certificate verification

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `python-security/ssl-unverified-context`

**Language:** Python

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Security

**CWE**: [295](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html)

**Related CWEs**:

- [296](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/296.html)
- [299](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/299.html)

## Description{% #description %}

The call to `_create_unverified_context` from the ssl module bypass certificates verification. It should not be used and instead, certificates must be verified.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```python
import xmlrpclib
import ssl

test = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('https://admin:bz15h9v9n@localhost:9999/API',
                             verbose=False, use_datetime=True, 
                             context=ssl._create_unverified_context()) 
test.list_satellites()
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```python
import xmlrpclib
import ssl

test = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('https://admin:bz15h9v9n@localhost:9999/API',
                             verbose=False, use_datetime=True)
test.list_satellites()
```

```python
import xmlrpclib

test = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('https://admin:bz15h9v9n@localhost:9999/API',
                             verbose=False, use_datetime=True, 
                             context=ssl._create_unverified_context())
test.list_satellites()
```
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