Security Mechanisms and Vulnerability Detection in Python Packages: A Comprehensive Review

Because of the language’s simplicity, flexibility and massive libraries supporting artificial intelligence, web development and data science python has become one of the widely used programming language. But this speedy growth has led to software security and vulnerability concerns. This paper examines the security provisions available in python programming and their role in developing secure applications. Herein the analysis is done based on security mechanisms such as validation of inputs, authentication and authorization, libraries available for cryptography, management of dependency tools, static code analysis tools and secure web frameworks. The paper highlights the common security challenges faced in python programming and emphasis on the importance of secure coding practices and comparison of vulnerability detection tools implemented in the past research works. The finding proclaims that python provides several built-in tools and mechanisms which when properly implemented can notably improve reliability and security of software systems.