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The shared OCAPI request helper disables\nTLS certificate validation on every request and the modules expose no parameter\nto re-enable it, while sending HTTP Basic-Auth credentials to an https endpoint.\nAn attacker positioned on the network path between the Ansible controller and the\nOCAPI-managed storage/enclosure device can present any certificate, intercept the\nsession, capture the credentials, and tamper with 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