PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044246
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/