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+[bandit]
+# B101 : assert_used
+# B102 : exec_used
+# B320 : xml_bad_etree
+# B404 : import_subprocess
+# B406 : import_xml_sax
+# B410 : import_lxml
+skips: B101,B102,B320,B404,B406,B410