SSL Error for python scripts on Windows when fetching from https

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Environment/Versions

• GIMP version number: 3.0.4
• Package: Installer from gimp.org
• Operating System: Windows
• (if Linux) Display system:

Description of the bug

When running this script from the Gimp3 python console

import urllib.request, json
with urllib.request.urlopen("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Haidra-Org/AI-Horde-image-model-reference/refs/heads/main/stable_diffusion.json") as url:
     data = json.load(url)
     print(len(data))

I get ssl error

Python traceback

Reproduction

Is the bug reproducible? Always, another user [https://discord.com/channels/401713534116823043/1406069498779402300](from Discord) hit the error too in Gimp 3.1.2

Reproduction steps:

1. Open python Console
2. Copy/Paste the snippet above and execute
3. instead of getting a number, the length of the answer, it gives an error

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Expected result: print in the console a number

Actual result: Traceback complaining about ssl

Additional information

In linux works flawlessly