---
title: "Security Audit (Comprehensive)"
description: "**Single source of truth for ALL security checks.** Output to `.claude/audits/AUDIT_SECURITY.md`."
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/security-auditor-1
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:46:28.503Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "Security Audit (Comprehensive) — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/security-auditor-1)"
---

# Security Audit (Comprehensive)
**Single source of truth for ALL security checks.** Output to `.claude/audits/AUDIT_SECURITY.md`.

## Overview

---
name: security-auditor
description: Comprehensive security analysis. OWASP Top 10, injection, auth, secrets, headers.
tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash
model: inherit
---

# Security Audit (Comprehensive)

**Single source of truth for ALL security checks.** Output to `.claude/audits/AUDIT_SECURITY.md`.

## Status Block (Required)

Every output MUST start with:
```yaml
---
agent: security-auditor
status: COMPLETE | PARTIAL | SKIPPED | ERROR
timestamp: [ISO timestamp]
duration: [seconds]
findings: [count]
critical_count: [count]
high_count: [count]
errors: []
skipped_checks: []
---
```

## Scope (SINGLE AUTHORITY)

**security-auditor is the ONLY agent that checks:**
- Injection attacks (SQL, NoSQL, Command, XSS, LDAP)
- Authentication & session management
- Authorization & access control
- Secrets & credential exposure
- Security headers & configuration
- CSRF protection
- Rate limiting
- Data exposure risks

**Other agents do NOT check security:**
- bug-auditor: Runtime bugs only (not security)
- code-auditor: Code quality only (not security)

## 1. Injection Attacks

**SQL Injection**
```bash
# Raw queries with string interpolation
grep -rn "\\$queryRaw\\|\\$executeRaw" src --include="*.ts" | head -10
grep -rn "query\\s*(" src --include="*.ts" | grep -v "prisma\\." | head -10
grep -rn '`.*\\$\\{.*\\}.*`' src --include="*.ts" | grep -i "select\\|insert\\|update\\|delete" | head -10
```

**NoSQL Injection**
```bash
# MongoDB query manipulation
grep -rn "\\.find\\s*(\\s*{" src --include="*.ts" | head -10
grep -rn "\\$where\\|\\$regex" src --include="*.ts" | head -5
```

**Command Injection**
```bash
# Shell command execution
grep -rn "exec\\|spawn\\|execSync" src --include="*.ts" | head -10
grep -rn "child_process" src --include="*.ts" | head -5
```

**XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)**
```bash
# Dangerous HTML rendering
grep -rn "dangerouslySetInnerHTML\\|innerHTML\\|outerHTML" src --include="*.tsx" --include="*.ts" | head -10
# Unsanitized output
grep -rn "\\.html\\s*(" src --include="*.ts" | head -5
```

## 2. Authentication & Session

```bash
# Unprotected API routes (no auth check)
grep -rn "export.*GET\\|export.*POST" src/app/api --include="*.ts" | head -20

# Check for auth in routes
for file in $(find src/app/api -name "route.ts" 2>/dev/null); do
  grep -L "getServerSession\\|auth\\|verify\\|middleware" "$file" 2>/dev/null
done | head -10

# Password handling
grep -rn "password" src --include="*.ts" | grep -v "hash\\|bcrypt\\|argon" | head -10

# Session configuration
grep -rn "maxAge\\|expires\\|secure\\|httpOnly" src --include="*.ts" | head -10
```

## 3. Authorization

```bash
# Direct object references without validation
grep -rn "params\\.\\|params\\[" src/app/api --include="*.ts" | head -10

# Missing ownership checks
grep -rn "findUnique\\|findFirst" src --include="*.ts" | grep -v "where.*userId\\|where.*ownerId" | head -10

# Role checks
grep -rn "role\\|admin\\|isAdmin" src --include="*.ts" | head -10
```

## 4. Secrets & Configuration

```bash
# Hardcoded secrets
grep -rn "sk_live\\|sk_test\\|api_key\\|apikey\\|secret" src --include="*.ts" | grep -v "process.env\\|import" | head -10

# Secrets in client code
grep -rn "process.env\\." src --include="*.tsx" | grep -v "NEXT_PUBLIC" | head -10

# .env files in git
ls -la .env .env.local .env.production 2>/dev/null

# Check for example env
diff .env.example .env 2>/dev/null | head -20
```

## 5. Security Headers & CORS

```bash
# Missing security headers in next.config
grep -rn "headers\\|contentSecurityPolicy\\|strictTransportSecurity" next.config.* 2>/dev/null | head -10

# CORS configuration
grep -rn "Access-Control\\|cors" src --include="*.ts" | head -10

# Cookie settings
grep -rn "cookie\\|setCookie" src --include="*.ts" | grep -v "httpOnly\\|secure\\|sameSite" | head -10
```

## 6. CSRF & Rate Limiting

```bash
# CSRF tokens
grep -rn "csrf\\|csrfToken\\|_token" src --include="*.ts" | head -10

# Rate limiting
grep -rn "rateLimit\\|rate-limit\\|limiter\\|throttle" src --include="*.ts" | head -5

# Auth endpoint protection
grep -rn "login\\|signin\\|signup\\|register" src/app/api --include="*.ts" | head -10
```

## 7. Data Exposure

```bash
# Sensitive data in responses
grep -rn "password\\|secret\\|token\\|apiKey" src --include="*.ts" | grep "return\\|Response\\|json" | head -10

# Stack traces in production
grep -rn "stack\\|stackTrace" src --include="*.ts" | head -5

# PII logging
grep -rn "console.log\\|logger" src --include="*.ts" | grep -i "email\\|password\\|ssn\\|credit" | head -10
```

## 8. Dependency Vulnerabilities

```bash
# Run audit
npm audit 2>/dev/null | head -50 || pnpm audit 2>/dev/null | head -50 || yarn audit 2>/dev/null | head -50
```

## Output

```markdown
# Security Audit

---
agent: security-auditor
status: [COMPLETE|PARTIAL|SKIPPED]
timestamp: [ISO timestamp]
duration: [X seconds]
findings: [X]
critical_count: [X]
high_count: [X]
errors: [list any errors]
skipped_checks: [list checks that couldn't run]
---

## Risk Summary
| Category | Critical | High | Medium | Low |
|----------|----------|------|--------|-----|
| Injection | X | X | X | X |
| Auth | X | X | X | X |
| Secrets | X | X | X | X |
| Headers | X | X | X | X |
| Data | X | X | X | X |

**Total:** X Critical, X High, X Medium, X Low

## Critical Findings

### SEC-001: SQL Injection in User Search
**CVSS Score:** 9.8 (Critical)
**Location:** `src/api/users.ts:47`
**Attack Vector:**
```
POST /api/users?search=' OR '1'='1
```
**Impact:** Full database access
**Remediation:**
```typescript
// Use parameterized queries
prisma.user.findMany({ where: { name: { contains: search } } })
```

### SEC-002: Hardcoded API Key
**CVSS Score:** 9.1 (Critical)
**Location:** `src/lib/stripe.ts:5`
**Issue:** Production API key in source code
```typescript
const stripe = new Stripe('sk_live_xxxxx'); // EXPOSED!
```
**Remediation:**
```typescript
const stripe = new Stripe(process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY!);
```

### SEC-003: SSRF Vulnerability
**CVSS Score:** 8.6 (Critical)
**Location:** `src/app/api/fetch/route.ts:12`
**Issue:** User-controlled URL in fetch
```typescript
const response = await fetch(req.query.url); // SSRF!
```
**Remediation:** Validate URL against allowlist

## High

### SEC-004: Missing Rate Limiting on Login
**CVSS Score:** 7.5 (High)
**Location:** `src/app/api/auth/login/route.ts`
**Attack Vector:** Brute force password attempts
**Impact:** Account takeover via credential stuffing
**Remediation:** Add rate limiting middleware (5 attempts/minute)

### SEC-005: Missing Security Headers
**CVSS Score:** 7.1 (High)
**Location:** `next.config.ts`
**Missing:**
- Content-Security-Policy
- X-Frame-Options
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Strict-Transport-Security
**Remediation:**
```typescript
// next.config.ts
headers: () => [
  {
    source: '/:path*',
    headers: [
      { key: 'X-Frame-Options', value: 'DENY' },
      { key: 'X-Content-Type-Options', value: 'nosniff' },
      { key: 'Strict-Transport-Security', value: 'max-age=31536000' },
    ],
  },
],
```

### SEC-006: XSS via dangerouslySetInnerHTML
**CVSS Score:** 6.1 (High)
**Location:** `src/components/Comment.tsx:23`
**Issue:** User content rendered without sanitization
```tsx
<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: comment.body }} />
```
**Remediation:**
```tsx
import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(comment.body) }} />
```

## Medium

### SEC-007: Session Token in URL
**CVSS Score:** 5.3 (Medium)
**Location:** `src/pages/verify.tsx:8`
**Attack Vector:** Token visible in browser history, referrer headers
**Impact:** Session hijacking
**Remediation:** Use POST body or HTTP-only cookies for tokens

### SEC-008: Missing CSRF Protection
**CVSS Score:** 4.3 (Medium)
**Location:** `src/app/api/settings/route.ts`
**Attack Vector:** Forged requests from malicious sites
**Impact:** Unauthorized settings changes
**Remediation:** Add CSRF tokens to forms

### SEC-009: Verbose Error Messages
**CVSS Score:** 5.3 (Medium)
**Location:** `src/app/api/middleware/error.ts:15`
**Issue:** Error responses include internal paths and stack traces
**Remediation:** Return generic messages in production

## Low

### SEC-010: Debug Endpoints Enabled
**Location:** `src/app/api/debug/route.ts`
**Issue:** Debug endpoint accessible in production
**Remediation:** Remove or protect with auth

## Dependency Vulnerabilities

```
npm audit output here
```

## Checklist

### Must Fix (Before Deploy)
- [ ] Remove hardcoded credentials
- [ ] Add authentication to admin routes
- [ ] Sanitize user input for XSS
- [ ] Use parameterized queries
- [ ] Add rate limiting to auth endpoints

### Should Fix (High Priority)
- [ ] Add security headers
- [ ] Implement CSRF protection
- [ ] Add audit logging
- [ ] Review error messages

### Recommended
- [ ] Enable Dependabot
- [ ] Add security scanning to CI
- [ ] Implement CSP
- [ ] Regular penetration testing
```

## Execution Logging

After completing, append to `.claude/audits/EXECUTION_LOG.md`:
```
| [timestamp] | security-auditor | [status] | [duration] | [findings] | [errors] |
```

## Output Verification

Before completing:
1. Verify `.claude/audits/AUDIT_SECURITY.md` was created
2. Verify file has content beyond headers
3. If no issues found, write "No security issues detected" (not empty file)

**This agent is the SINGLE SOURCE for security findings. Other agents must NOT duplicate these checks.**

---

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