Issue #26313: ssl.py _load_windows_store_certs fails if windows cert store is empty. Patch by Baji.

Lib/ssl.py

@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ class SSLContext(_SSLContext):
             if encoding == "x509_asn":
                 if trust is True or purpose.oid in trust:
                     certs.extend(cert)
-        self.load_verify_locations(cadata=certs)
+        if certs:
+            self.load_verify_locations(cadata=certs)
         return certs
 
     def load_default_certs(self, purpose=Purpose.SERVER_AUTH):

Misc/NEWS

@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #26313: ssl.py _load_windows_store_certs fails if windows cert store
+  is empty. Patch by Baji.
+
 - Issue #26513: Fixes platform module detection of Windows Server
 
 - Issue #23718: Fixed parsing time in week 0 before Jan 1.  Original patch by