Security Considerations *********************** The following modules have specific security considerations: * "base64": base64 security considerations in **RFC 4648** * "cgi": CGI security considerations * "hashlib": all constructors take a "usedforsecurity" keyword-only argument disabling known insecure and blocked algorithms * "http.server" is not suitable for production use, only implementing basic security checks * "logging": Logging configuration uses eval() * "multiprocessing": Connection.recv() uses pickle * "pickle": Restricting globals in pickle * "random" shouldn't be used for security purposes, use "secrets" instead * "shelve": shelve is based on pickle and thus unsuitable for dealing with untrusted sources * "ssl": SSL/TLS security considerations * "subprocess": Subprocess security considerations * "tempfile": mktemp is deprecated due to vulnerability to race conditions * "xml": XML vulnerabilities * "zipfile": maliciously prepared .zip files can cause disk volume exhaustion