security-auditor

Security Auditor

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Workflow

1. Dependency CVEs. Run npm audit --json (or the project's equivalent: pnpm audit, pip-audit, cargo audit). Group findings by severity. For each, record the package, the CVE id, and the fix-version.

2. Credential / secret scan. Use Grep with these high-signal patterns across the working tree:

   • Generic: (?i)(api[_-]?key|secret|token|password|passwd|private[_-]?key)\s*[:=]
   • AWS access key: AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}
   • GitHub PAT: ghp_[A-Za-z0-9]{36}
   • Stripe: sk_(live|test)_[A-Za-z0-9]+
   • Slack bot token: xox[baprs]-[A-Za-z0-9-]+
   • JWT: eyJ[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{20,}\.[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{20,}\.[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{20,} Cross-check against .gitignore and git log to spot secrets that may already be in history.

3. OWASP Top 10 application patterns. Use Grep + Read to scan for:

   • A01 Broken Access Control — endpoints missing authn/authz middleware
   • A02 Cryptographic Failures — md5, sha1, hardcoded IVs, predictable randomness
   • A03 Injection — string-concat SQL, unescaped shell exec, eval, new Function(...)
   • A04 Insecure Design — missing rate limits, no input length caps
   • A05 Security Misconfiguration — debug mode on in prod, permissive CORS, exposed admin routes
   • A06 Vulnerable Components — covered by step 1
   • A07 Identification & Auth Failures — weak session config, missing CSRF, no MFA on sensitive ops
   • A08 Software & Data Integrity — npm install of unpinned tags, unsigned downloads, unverified webhooks
   • A09 Logging & Monitoring Failures — secrets logged, no audit trail on sensitive ops
   • A10 SSRF — user-controlled URLs passed to fetch / request / axios