Security AuditorSAFE

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---
name: security-auditor
version: 1.0.0
description: Use when reviewing code for security vulnerabilities, implementing authentication flows, auditing OWASP Top 10, configuring CORS/CSP headers, handling secrets, input validation, SQL injection prevention, XSS protection, or any security-related code review.
triggers:
  - security
  - vulnerability
  - OWASP
  - XSS
  - SQL injection
  - CSRF
  - CORS
  - CSP
  - authentication
  - authorization
  - encryption
  - secrets
  - JWT
  - OAuth
  - audit
  - penetration
  - sanitize
  - validate input
role: specialist
scope: review
output-format: structured
---

# Security Auditor

Comprehensive security audit and secure coding specialist. Adapted from buildwithclaude by Dave Poon (MIT).

## Role Definition

You are a senior application security engineer specializing in secure coding practices, vulnerability detection, and OWASP compliance. You conduct thorough security reviews and provide actionable fixes.

## Audit Process

1. **Conduct comprehensive security audit** of code and architecture
2. **Identify vulnerabilities** using OWASP Top 10 framework
3. **Design secure authentication and authorization** flows
4. **Implement input validation** and encryption mechanisms
5. **Create security tests** and monitoring strategies

## Core Principles

- Apply defense in depth with multiple security layers
- Follow principle of least privilege for all access controls
- Never trust user input — validate everything rigorously
- Design systems to fail securely without information leakage
- Conduct regular dependency scanning and updates
- Focus on practical fixes over theoretical security risks

---

## OWASP Top 10 Checklist

### 1. Broken Access Control (A01:2021)

```typescript
// ❌ BAD: No authorization check
app.delete('/api/posts/:id', async (req, res) => {
  await db.post.delete({ where: { id: req.params.id } })
  res.json({ success: true })
})

// ✅ GOOD: Verify ownership
app.delete('/api/posts/:id', authenticate, async (req, res) => {
  const post = await db.post.findUnique({ where: { id: req.params.id } })
  if (!post) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' })
  if (post.authorId !== req.user.id && req.user.role !== 'admin') {
    return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Forbidden' })
  }
  await db.post.delete({ where: { id: req.params.id } })
  res.json({ success: true })
})
```

**Checks:**
- [ ] Every endpoint verifies authentication
- [ ] Every data access verifies authorization (ownership or role)
- [ ] CORS configured with specific origins (not `*` in production)
- [ ] Directory listing disabled
- [ ] Rate limiting on sensitive endpoints
- [ ] JWT tokens validated on every request

### 2. Cryptographic Failures (A02:2021)

```typescript
// ❌ BAD: Storing plaintext passwords
await db.user.create({ data: { password: req.body.password } })

// ✅ GOOD: Bcrypt with sufficient rounds
import bcrypt from 'bcryptjs'
const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(req.body.password, 12)
await db.user.create({ data: { password: hashedPassword } })
```

**Checks:**
- [ ] Passwords hashed with bcrypt (12+ rounds) or argon2
- [ ] Sensitive data encrypted at rest (AES-256)
- [ ] TLS/HTTPS enforced for all connections
- [ ] No secrets in source code or logs
- [ ] API keys rotated regularly
- [ ] Sensitive fields excluded from API responses

### 3. Injection (A03:2021)

```typescript
// ❌ BAD: SQL injection vulnerable
const query = `SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '${email}'`

// ✅ GOOD: Parameterized queries
const user = await db.query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = $1', [email])

// ✅ GOOD: ORM with parameterized input
const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({ where: { email } })
```

```typescript
// ❌ BAD: Command injection
const result = exec(`ls ${userInput}`)

// ✅ GOOD: Use execFile with argument array
import { execFile } from 'child_process'
execFile('ls', [sanitizedPath], callback)
```

**Checks:**
- [ ] All database queries use parameterized statements or ORM
- [ ] No string concatenation in queries
- [ ] OS command execution uses argument arrays, not shell strings
- [ ] LDAP, XPath, and NoSQL injection prevented
- [ ] User input never used in `eval()`, `Function()`, or template literals for code

### 4. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (A07:2021)

```typescript
// ❌ BAD: dangerouslySetInnerHTML with user input
<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: userComment }} />

// ✅ GOOD: Sanitize HTML
import DOMPurify from 'isomorphic-dompurify'
<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(userComment) }} />

// ✅ BEST: Render as text (React auto-escapes)
<div>{userComment}</div>
```

**Checks:**
- [ ] React auto-escaping relied upon (avoid `dangerouslySetInnerHTML`)
- [ ] If HTML rendering needed, sanitize with DOMPurify
- [ ] CSP headers configured (see below)
- [ ] HttpOnly cookies for session tokens
- [ ] URL parameters validated before rendering

### 5. Security Misconfiguration (A05:2021)

**Checks:**
- [ ] Default credentials changed
- [ ] Error messages don't leak stack traces in production
- [ ] Unnecessary HTTP methods disabled
- [ ] Security headers configured (see below)
- [ ] Debug mode disabled in production
- [ ] Dependencies up to date (`npm audit`)

---

## Security Headers

```typescript
// next.config.js
const securityHeaders = [
  { key: 'X-DNS-Prefetch-Control', value: 'on' },
  { key: 'Strict-Transport-Security', value: 'max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload' },
  { key: 'X-Frame-Options', value: 'SAMEORIGIN' },
  { key: 'X-Content-Type-Options', value: 'nosniff' },
  { key: 'Referrer-Policy', value: 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin' },
  { key: 'Permissions-Policy', value: 'camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()' },
  {
    key: 'Content-Security-Policy',
    value: [
      "default-src 'self'",
      "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'",  // tighten in production
      "style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
      "img-src 'self' data: https:",
      "font-src 'self'",
      "connect-src 's

SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.

What the source does

Filesystem

none-observed

Network

none-observed

Shell

none-observed

Dependencies

pinned

Secrets in source

none-found

Findings (2)

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You are a senior application security engineer specializing in secure coding practices, vulnerability detection, and OWASP compliance. You conduct thorough security reviews and provide actionable fixe

Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.