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=== How to fix it in Python Standard Library
The following code is vulnerable to deserialization attacks because it
deserializes HTTP data without validating it first.
==== Noncompliant code example
[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
def unsafe():
objstr = b64decode(request.args.get("object"))
obj = pickle.loads(objstr)
return str(obj.status == "OK")
----
==== Compliant solution
[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
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def safe():
obj = json.loads(request.args.get("object"))
return str(obj["status"] == "OK")
----
=== How does this work?
include::../../common/fix/introduction.adoc[]
include::../../common/fix/safer-serialization.adoc[]
include::../../common/fix/integrity-check.adoc[]