md5 is not an approved algorithm in FIPS mode, and trying to instantiate
a hashlib.md5() will fail when the system is running in FIPS mode.
md5 is allowed when in a non-security context. There is a plan to add a
keyword parameter (usedforsecurity) to hashlib.md5() to annotate whether
or not the instance is being used in a security context.
In the case where it is not, the instantiation of md5 will be allowed.
See https://bugs.python.org/issue9216 for more details.
Some downstream python versions already support this parameter. To
support these versions, a new encapsulation of md5() has been added.
This encapsulation will pass through the usedforsecurity parameter in
the case where the parameter is supported, and strip it if it is not.
Co-authored-by: Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>
Ade Lee
Daniel Fairhead
Jon Dufresne
Claude Paroz
Tim Graham
Simon Charette
Tomek Paczkowski