I use the below code, this works with special characters in the password:
import paramiko
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ip1 = ‘X.X.X.X’
u1 = ‘user2’
p1 = ‘#$!@%&’
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
ssh.connect(ip1, port=5252, username=u1, password=p1)
stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command(‘ping 8.8.8.8 count=1’)
output = stdout.readlines()
type(output)
print(‘\n’.join(output))