always set OP_NO_SSLv3 by default (closes #25530)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index e58f55a..27572c3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -714,12 +714,12 @@
     @skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl
     def test_options(self):
         ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
-        # OP_ALL | OP_NO_SSLv2 is the default value
-        self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2,
-                         ctx.options)
-        ctx.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3
+        # OP_ALL | OP_NO_SSLv2 | OP_NO_SSLv3 is the default value
         self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3,
                          ctx.options)
+        ctx.options |= ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1
+        self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3 | ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1,
+                         ctx.options)
         if can_clear_options():
             ctx.options = (ctx.options & ~ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2) | ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1
             self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3,
@@ -2230,17 +2230,17 @@
                             " SSL2 client to SSL23 server test unexpectedly failed:\n %s\n"
                             % str(x))
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'):
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3')
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1')
 
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'):
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3', ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1', ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
 
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'):
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3', ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1', ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
 
@@ -2272,8 +2272,8 @@
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
             if no_sslv2_implies_sslv3_hello():
                 # No SSLv2 => client will use an SSLv3 hello on recent OpenSSLs
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, 'SSLv3',
-                                   client_options=ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2)
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
+                                   False, client_options=ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2)
 
         @skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl
         def test_protocol_tlsv1(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2869f80..03aac95 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #25530: Disable the vulnerable SSLv3 protocol by default when creating
+  ssl.SSLContext.
+
 - Issue #25569: Fix memory leak in SSLSocket.getpeercert().
 
 - Issue #7759: Fixed the mhlib module on filesystems that doesn't support
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index a327ae2..398a43a 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -2046,6 +2046,8 @@
     options = SSL_OP_ALL & ~SSL_OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS;
     if (proto_version != PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2)
         options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2;
+    if (proto_version != PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3)
+        options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3;
     SSL_CTX_set_options(self->ctx, options);
 
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_ECDH