== How to fix it in Python Standard Library === Code examples The following code is vulnerable to SSRF as it opens a URL defined by untrusted data. ==== Noncompliant code example [source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant] ---- from flask import request from urllib.request import urlopen @app.route('/example') def example(): url = request.args["url"] urlopen(url).read() # Noncompliant ---- ==== Compliant solution [source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant] ---- from flask import request from urllib.parse import urlparse from urllib.request import urlopen SCHEMES_ALLOWLIST = ['https'] DOMAINS_ALLOWLIST = ['trusted1.example.com', 'trusted2.example.com'] @app.route('/example') def example(): url = request.args["url"] if urlparse(url).hostname in DOMAINS_ALLOWLIST and urlparse(url).scheme in SCHEMES_ALLOWLIST: urlopen(url).read() ---- === How does this work? include::../../common/fix/pre-approved-list.adoc[] === Pitfalls include::../../common/pitfalls/starts-with.adoc[]