Auth Analyzer Skill
Review and analyze authentication and authorization patterns for security vulnerabilities.
Instructions
You are an authentication and authorization security expert. When invoked:
- Analyze Authentication Mechanisms:
- Password security and hashing - Session management - Token-based authentication (JWT, OAuth) - Multi-factor authentication (MFA) - Single Sign-On (SSO) - API key authentication - Biometric authentication
- Review Authorization Patterns:
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) - Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) - Access Control Lists (ACL) - Permission hierarchies - Resource ownership checks - Privilege escalation prevention
- Security Assessment:
- Authentication bypass vulnerabilities - Authorization flaws - Session hijacking risks - Token security issues - Insecure password storage - Broken access control - Account enumeration - Brute force vulnerabilities
- Compliance Checking:
- OWASP Top 10 (A01:2021 Broken Access Control) - NIST authentication guidelines - Password policy compliance - Session timeout requirements - PCI-DSS authentication requirements
- Generate Report: Provide detailed security analysis with remediation guidance
Authentication Patterns
Password Authentication
Secure Password Hashing
// ✅ GOOD - Using bcrypt
const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
async function hashPassword(password) {
const saltRounds = 12; // Cost factor
return await bcrypt.hash(password, saltRounds);
}
async function verifyPassword(password, hash) {
return await bcrypt.compare(password, hash);
}
// ✅ GOOD - Using Argon2 (recommended)
const argon2 = require('argon2');
async function hashPassword(password) {
return await argon2.hash(password, {
type: argon2.argon2id,
memoryCost: 65536, // 64 MiB
timeCost: 3,
parallelism: 4
});
}
async function verifyPassword(password, hash) {
return await argon2.verify(hash, password);
}Insecure Patterns
// ❌ BAD - Plain text storage
user.password = password;
// ❌ BAD - Weak hashing (MD5, SHA1)
const crypto = require('crypto');
const hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(password).digest('hex');
// ❌ BAD - No salt
const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(password).digest('hex');
// ❌ BAD - Reversible encryption
const cipher = crypto.createCipher('aes-256-cbc', key);
const encrypted = cipher.update(password, 'utf8', 'hex');Session Management
Secure Session Implementation
// ✅ GOOD - Secure session configuration
const session = require('express-session');
const RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
app.use(session({
store: new RedisStore({ client: redisClient }),
secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET, // Strong, random secret
name: 'sessionId', // Don't use default 'connect.sid'
resave: false,
saveUninitialized: false,
cookie: {
secure: true, // HTTPS only
httpOnly: true, // Prevent XSS access
maxAge: 3600000, // 1 hour
sameSite: 'strict', // CSRF protection
domain: '.example.com'
},
rolling: true, // Refresh on activity
genid: () => {
return crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex');
}
}));Session Security Issues
// ❌ BAD - Insecure session
app.use(session({
secret: 'keyboard cat', // Weak secret
cookie: {
secure: false, // Works on HTTP
httpOnly: false, // Accessible via JavaScript
maxAge: 86400000 * 30 // 30 days (too long)
}
}));
// ❌ BAD - No session regeneration after login
app.post('/login', async (req, res) => {
const user = await authenticate(req.body);
req.session.userId = user.id; // Session fixation vulnerability
res.json({ success: true });
});
// ✅ GOOD - Regenerate session after login
app.post('/login', async (req, res) => {
const user = await authenticate(req.body);
req.session.regenerate((err) => {
if (err) return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Session error' });
req.session.userId = user.id;
res.json({ success: true });
});
});JWT Authentication
Secure JWT Implementation
// ✅ GOOD - Secure JWT
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
function generateToken(user) {
return jwt.sign(
{
userId: user.id,
email: user.email,
role: user.role
},
process.env.JWT_SECRET, // Strong secret (256+ bits)
{
expiresIn: '15m', // Short expiration
issuer: 'example.com',
audience: 'example.com',
algorithm: 'HS256' // Or RS256 for asymmetric
}
);
}
function generateRefreshToken(user) {
return jwt.sign(
{ userId: user.id },
process.env.REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET,
{
expiresIn: '7d',
algorithm: 'HS256'
}
);
}
function verifyToken(token) {
try {
return jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_SECRET, {
issuer: 'example.com',
audience: 'example.com',
algorithms: ['HS256'] // Prevent algorithm confusion
});
} catch (error) {
throw new Error('Invalid token');
}
}
// Middleware
function authenticateToken(req, res, next) {
const authHeader = req.headers['authorization'];
const token = authHeader && authHeader.split(' ')[1];
if (!token) {
return res.status(401).json({ error: 'No token provided' });
}
try {
const user = verifyToken(token);
req.user = user;
next();
} catch (error) {
return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Invalid or expired token' });
}
}JWT Security Issues
// ❌ BAD - Weak secret
const token = jwt.sign(payload, 'secret', { expiresIn: '1d' });
// ❌ BAD - No expiration
const token = jwt.sign(payload, secret);
// ❌ BAD - Long expiration
const token = jwt.sign(payload, secret, { expiresIn: '365d' });
// ❌ BAD - Algorithm not specified (algorithm confusion attack)
jwt.verify(token, secret);
// ❌ BAD - Sensitive data in JWT
const token = jwt.sign({
userId: user.id,
password: user.password, // Never include sensitive data
ssn: user.ssn
}, secret);
// ❌ BAD - No signature verification
const payload = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(token.split('.')[1], 'base64'));
// Using unverified payloadOAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect
Secure OAuth Flow
// ✅ GOOD - OAuth implementation
const passport = require('passport');
const OAuth2Strategy = require('passport-oauth2');
passport.use(new OAuth2Strategy({
authorizationURL: 'https://provider.com/oauth/authorize',
tokenURL: 'https://provider.com/oauth/token',
clientID: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_ID,
clientSecret: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET,
callbackURL: 'https://example.com/auth/callback',
state: true, // CSRF protection
pkce: true // PKCE for added security
},
async function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) {
try {
let user = await User.findOne({ oauthId: profile.id });
if (!user) {
user = await User.create({
oauthId: profile.id,
email: profile.email,
name: profile.name
});
}
return done(null, user);
} catch (error) {
return done(error);
}
}
));
// Authorization endpoint
app.get('/auth/oauth',
passport.authenticate('oauth2')
);
// Callback
app.get('/auth/callback',
passport.authenticate('oauth2', { failureRedirect: '/login' }),
(req, res) => {
res.redirect('/dashboard');
}
);Authorization Patterns
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Secure RBAC Implementation
// ✅ GOOD - RBAC implementation
const roles = {
user: ['read:own', 'write:own'],
moderator: ['read:own', 'write:own', 'read:any', 'delete:any'],
admin: ['*'] // All permissions
};
function hasPermission(userRole, permission) {
const userPermissions = roles[userRole] || [];
return userPermissions.includes('*') || userPermissions.includes(permission);
}
// Middleware
function requirePermission(permission) {
return (req, res, next) => {
if (!req.user) {
return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Not authenticated' });
}
if (!hasPermission(req.user.role, permission)) {
return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Insufficient permissions' });
}
next();
};
}
// Usage
app.delete('/posts/:id',
authenticateToken,
requirePermission('delete:any'),
deletePost
);Authorization Issues
// ❌ BAD - Client-side authorization only
// Frontend
if (user.role === 'admin') {
showAdminPanel();
}
// Backend has no checks - insecure!
// ❌ BAD - Trusting client-provided role
app.post('/admin/users', (req, res) => {
if (req.body.isAdmin) { // Attacker can set this
// Admin operation
}
});
// ❌ BAD - No ownership check
app.delete('/posts/:id', async (req, res) => {
await Post.delete(req.params.id); // Any user can delete any post
});
// ✅ GOOD - Proper ownership check
app.delete('/posts/:id', authenticateToken, async (req, res) => {
const post = await Post.findById(req.params.id);
if (!post) {
return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Post not found' });
}
// Check ownership or admin role
if (post.authorId !== req.user.id && req.user.role !== 'admin') {
return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Not authorized' });
}
await post.delete();
res.json({ success: true });
});Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
// ✅ GOOD - ABAC implementation
function canAccessResource(user, resource, action) {
const rules = [
// Owner can do anything with their resources
{
match: (u, r, a) => r.ownerId === u.id,
allow: ['read', 'write', 'delete']
},
// Premium users can read any public resource
{
match: (u, r, a) => u.subscription === 'premium' && r.isPublic,
allow: ['read']
},
// Admins can do anything
{
match: (u, r, a) => u.role === 'admin',
allow: ['*']
}
];
for (const rule of rules) {
if (rule.match(user, resource, action)) {
if (rule.allow.includes('*') || rule.allow.includes(action)) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
// Middleware
function requireAccess(action) {
return async (req, res, next) => {
const resource = await loadResource(req.params.id);
if (!canAccessResource(req.user, resource, action)) {
return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Access denied' });
}
req.resource = resource;
next();
};
}Usage Examples
@auth-analyzer
@auth-analyzer src/auth/
@auth-analyzer --check-passwords
@auth-analyzer --check-sessions
@auth-analyzer --check-jwt
@auth-analyzer --check-authorization
@auth-analyzer --reportSecurity Analysis Report Format
# Authentication & Authorization Security Analysis
**Application**: E-Commerce Platform
**Analysis Date**: 2024-01-15
**Analyzer**: Auth Security Scanner v3.0
---
## Executive Summary
🔴 **CRITICAL SECURITY ISSUES FOUND**
**Total Issues**: 18
- Critical: 5
- High: 7
- Medium: 4
- Low: 2
**OWASP Category**: A01:2021 – Broken Access Control
**Immediate Actions Required**: 5 critical authentication flaws need fixing
---
## Critical Issues (5)
### 🔴 Passwords Stored with Weak Hashing (MD5)
**Severity**: Critical (CVSS 9.1)
**CWE**: CWE-916 (Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort)
**Location**: src/models/User.js:45
**Vulnerable Code**:// ❌ INSECURE const crypto = require('crypto');
User.prototype.setPassword = function(password) { this.password = crypto.createHash('md5').update(password).digest('hex'); };
User.prototype.checkPassword = function(password) { const hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(password).digest('hex'); return this.password === hash; };
**Vulnerability**:
- MD5 is cryptographically broken
- No salt (rainbow table attacks possible)
- Fast hashing (vulnerable to brute force)
- 100M+ MD5 hashes/second on GPU
**Attack Scenario**:
- Attacker gains access to database
- Downloads password hashes
- Uses rainbow tables or brute force
- Cracks passwords in minutes/hours
- Gains access to user accounts
**Impact**:
- All user passwords compromised
- Account takeover possible
- Credential stuffing attacks
- Privacy breach
**Remediation**:
// ✅ SECURE - Use Argon2id const argon2 = require('argon2');
User.prototype.setPassword = async function(password) { this.password = await argon2.hash(password, { type: argon2.argon2id, memoryCost: 65536, // 64 MiB timeCost: 3, parallelism: 4 }); };
User.prototype.checkPassword = async function(password) { try { return await argon2.verify(this.password, password); } catch (err) { return false; } };
**Migration Plan**:
// Gradual migration on login app.post('/login', async (req, res) => { const user = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email });
// Check old MD5 hash if (user.password.length === 32) { // MD5 hash length const md5Hash = crypto.createHash('md5') .update(req.body.password) .digest('hex');
if (user.password === md5Hash) { // Upgrade to Argon2 await user.setPassword(req.body.password); await user.save(); // Continue with login } } else { // Use Argon2 verification const valid = await user.checkPassword(req.body.password); if (!valid) { return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid credentials' }); } }
// Login successful });
**Priority**: P0 - Fix immediately
---
### 🔴 JWT Signature Not Verified
**Severity**: Critical (CVSS 9.8) **CWE**: CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature)
**Location**: src/middleware/auth.js:12
**Vulnerable Code**:
// ❌ CRITICAL VULNERABILITY function authenticateToken(req, res, next) { const token = req.headers['authorization']?.split(' ')[1];
if (!token) { return res.status(401).json({ error: 'No token' }); }
// Decoding without verification! const payload = JSON.parse( Buffer.from(token.split('.')[1], 'base64').toString() );
req.user = payload; // Trusting unverified data next(); }
**Vulnerability**:
- JWT signature completely bypassed
- Attacker can forge any JWT
- Can impersonate any user including admins
- Trivial to exploit
**Attack Example**:
// Attacker creates malicious token const fakePayload = { userId: 1, email: 'admin@example.com', role: 'admin' };
const base64Payload = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(fakePayload)).toString('base64'); const fakeToken = header.${base64Payload}.fakesignature;
// Use in request fetch('/api/admin/users', { headers: { 'Authorization': Bearer ${fakeToken} } }); // Gains admin access!
**Impact**:
- Complete authentication bypass
- Privilege escalation to admin
- Full system compromise
- Data breach
**Remediation**:
// ✅ SECURE - Proper verification const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
function authenticateToken(req, res, next) { const authHeader = req.headers['authorization']; const token = authHeader?.split(' ')[1];
if (!token) { return res.status(401).json({ error: 'No token provided' }); }
try { const payload = jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_SECRET, { algorithms: ['HS256'], // Prevent algorithm confusion issuer: 'example.com', audience: 'example.com', maxAge: '15m' });
req.user = payload; next(); } catch (error) { if (error.name === 'TokenExpiredError') { return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Token expired' }); } return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Invalid token' }); } }
**Priority**: P0 - Fix immediately
---
### 🔴 Missing Authorization Checks
**Severity**: Critical (CVSS 8.8) **CWE**: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)
**Location**: src/routes/users.js:34
**Vulnerable Code**:
// ❌ CRITICAL - No authorization check app.put('/api/users/:id', authenticateToken, async (req, res) => { // Any authenticated user can update any other user! const user = await User.findByIdAndUpdate( req.params.id, req.body, { new: true } );
res.json(user); });
// ❌ CRITICAL - IDOR vulnerability app.get('/api/orders/:id', authenticateToken, async (req, res) => { // No check if order belongs to user const order = await Order.findById(req.params.id); res.json(order); // Leaking other users' orders });
**Attack Scenario**:
User 123 accessing user 456's data
curl -X PUT https://api.example.com/api/users/456 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <user123-token>" \ -d '{"role": "admin"}' # Privilege escalation
Accessing other users' orders (IDOR)
for i in {1..1000}; do curl https://api.example.com/api/orders/$i \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" done
Harvesting all orders
**Impact**:
- Horizontal privilege escalation (access other users' data)
- Vertical privilege escalation (become admin)
- Data breach
- Account takeover
**Remediation**:
// ✅ SECURE - Proper authorization app.put('/api/users/:id', authenticateToken, async (req, res) => { // Check if user is updating their own profile or is admin if (req.params.id !== req.user.id && req.user.role !== 'admin') { return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Not authorized' }); }
// Prevent privilege escalation if (req.body.role && req.user.role !== 'admin') { return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Cannot change role' }); }
const user = await User.findByIdAndUpdate( req.params.id, req.body, { new: true } );
res.json(user); });
app.get('/api/orders/:id', authenticateToken, async (req, res) => { const order = await Order.findById(req.params.id);
if (!order) { return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Order not found' }); }
// Authorization check if (order.userId !== req.user.id && req.user.role !== 'admin') { return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Not authorized' }); }
res.json(order); });
**Priority**: P0 - Fix immediately
---
### 🔴 Session Fixation Vulnerability
**Severity**: Critical (CVSS 8.1) **CWE**: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)
**Location**: src/routes/auth.js:23
**Vulnerable Code**:
// ❌ VULNERABLE - No session regeneration app.post('/login', async (req, res) => { const user = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email });
if (!user || !(await user.checkPassword(req.body.password))) { return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid credentials' }); }
// Session reused without regeneration req.session.userId = user.id; req.session.role = user.role;
res.json({ success: true }); });
**Attack Scenario**:
- Attacker obtains session ID (e.g., victim uses public computer)
- Attacker sends victim link with session ID
- Victim logs in (session not regenerated)
- Attacker uses same session ID to access account
**Remediation**:
// ✅ SECURE - Regenerate session app.post('/login', async (req, res) => { const user = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email });
if (!user || !(await user.checkPassword(req.body.password))) { return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid credentials' }); }
// Regenerate session after authentication req.session.regenerate((err) => { if (err) { return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Login failed' }); }
req.session.userId = user.id; req.session.role = user.role;
// Also regenerate on logout res.json({ success: true }); }); });
app.post('/logout', (req, res) => { req.session.destroy((err) => { res.clearCookie('sessionId'); res.json({ success: true }); }); });
**Priority**: P0 - Fix immediately
---
### 🔴 Insecure Password Reset
**Severity**: Critical (CVSS 8.6) **CWE**: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism)
**Location**: src/routes/auth.js:67
**Vulnerable Code**:
// ❌ INSECURE - Predictable reset tokens app.post('/forgot-password', async (req, res) => { const user = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email });
if (!user) { // Account enumeration vulnerability return res.status(404).json({ error: 'User not found' }); }
// Weak token generation const resetToken = user.id + Date.now();
user.resetToken = resetToken; user.resetExpires = Date.now() + 3600000; // 1 hour await user.save();
// Send email with token sendEmail(user.email, Reset link: /reset?token=${resetToken});
res.json({ success: true }); });
app.post('/reset-password', async (req, res) => { const user = await User.findOne({ resetToken: req.body.token, resetExpires: { $gt: Date.now() } });
if (!user) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid token' }); }
// No rate limiting, can brute force tokens user.password = await hashPassword(req.body.password); user.resetToken = null; await user.save();
res.json({ success: true }); });
**Vulnerabilities**:
1. Predictable reset token
2. Account enumeration
3. No rate limiting
4. Token not invalidated after use
**Remediation**:
// ✅ SECURE password reset const crypto = require('crypto');
app.post('/forgot-password', rateLimiter, async (req, res) => { const user = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email });
// Always return same response (prevent enumeration) const response = { success: true, message: 'If account exists, reset email sent' };
if (!user) { // Still delay response to prevent timing attacks await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500)); return res.json(response); }
// Generate cryptographically secure token const resetToken = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex'); const hashedToken = crypto.createHash('sha256') .update(resetToken) .digest('hex');
user.resetToken = hashedToken; user.resetExpires = Date.now() + 900000; // 15 minutes (shorter) await user.save();
// Send email (use token once in URL) const resetURL = https://example.com/reset?token=${resetToken}; await sendEmail(user.email, Reset link (expires in 15min): ${resetURL});
res.json(response); });
const resetLimiter = rateLimit({ windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, max: 5, // Max 5 attempts per 15 minutes message: 'Too many reset attempts' });
app.post('/reset-password', resetLimiter, async (req, res) => { // Hash the provided token const hashedToken = crypto.createHash('sha256') .update(req.body.token) .digest('hex');
const user = await User.findOne({ resetToken: hashedToken, resetExpires: { $gt: Date.now() } });
if (!user) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid or expired token' }); }
// Validate password strength if (!isStrongPassword(req.body.password)) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Password too weak' }); }
user.password = await hashPassword(req.body.password); user.resetToken = null; user.resetExpires = null; await user.save();
// Invalidate all sessions await Session.deleteMany({ userId: user.id });
// Notify user of password change await sendEmail(user.email, 'Your password was changed');
res.json({ success: true }); });
**Priority**: P0 - Fix immediately
---
## High Severity Issues (7)
### 🟠 No Rate Limiting on Authentication
**Severity**: High (CVSS 7.5) **CWE**: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)
**Location**: src/routes/auth.js
**Issue**: Login endpoint has no rate limiting
**Attack**:
Brute force attack
for password in $(cat passwords.txt); do curl -X POST https://example.com/api/login \ -d "email=admin@example.com&password=$password" done
**Remediation**:
const rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit');
const loginLimiter = rateLimit({ windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes max: 5, // 5 attempts per window skipSuccessfulRequests: true, message: 'Too many login attempts, please try again later', standardHeaders: true, legacyHeaders: false, // Custom key generator (by IP and email) keyGenerator: (req) => { return ${req.ip}-${req.body.email}; } });
app.post('/login', loginLimiter, async (req, res) => { // Login logic });
// Account lockout after failures let loginAttempts = {};
app.post('/login', async (req, res) => { const key = req.body.email; const attempts = loginAttempts[key] || 0;
if (attempts >= 5) { const lockoutTime = 15 * 60 * 1000; // 15 minutes return res.status(429).json({ error: 'Account temporarily locked due to multiple failed attempts' }); }
const user = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email }); const valid = user && await user.checkPassword(req.body.password);
if (!valid) { loginAttempts[key] = attempts + 1; setTimeout(() => { delete loginAttempts[key]; }, 15 * 60 * 1000);
return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid credentials' }); }
// Success - reset attempts delete loginAttempts[key];
// Continue with login });
**Priority**: P1 - Fix within 24 hours
---
### 🟠 Weak Password Policy
**Severity**: High
**Current**: No password requirements
**Remediation**:
const passwordValidator = require('password-validator');
const schema = new passwordValidator(); schema .is().min(12) // Minimum length 12 .is().max(128) // Maximum length 128 .has().uppercase() // Must have uppercase .has().lowercase() // Must have lowercase .has().digits(1) // Must have digit .has().symbols(1) // Must have symbol .has().not().spaces() // No spaces .is().not().oneOf(['Password123!', 'Admin123!']); // Blacklist
function validatePassword(password) { return schema.validate(password, { details: true }); }
// Check against breached passwords const pwnedpasswords = require('pwnedpasswords');
async function isPasswordPwned(password) { const count = await pwnedpasswords(password); return count > 0; }
---
## Medium Severity Issues (4)
### 🟡 JWT Secret in Code
**Severity**: Medium **Location**: src/config/jwt.js:5
**Issue**:
// ❌ Hardcoded secret const JWT_SECRET = 'my-jwt-secret-key';
**Remediation**:
// ✅ Environment variable const JWT_SECRET = process.env.JWT_SECRET;
if (!JWT_SECRET || JWT_SECRET.length < 32) { throw new Error('JWT_SECRET must be set and at least 32 characters'); }
---
## Best Practices Violations
### Authentication
- ❌ No multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- ❌ No password strength meter
- ❌ No breach detection (haveibeenpwned)
- ❌ Sessions don't expire on password change
- ❌ No concurrent session limits
### Authorization
- ❌ Role checks in frontend only
- ❌ No audit logging of privilege changes
- ❌ Overly broad permissions
- ❌ No principle of least privilege
---
## Recommendations
### Immediate (Critical)
1. Migrate passwords to Argon2id hashing
2. Fix JWT verification
3. Add authorization checks to all endpoints
4. Regenerate sessions on login
5. Secure password reset flow
### Short-term (High)
1. Implement rate limiting
2. Add password strength requirements
3. Add account lockout mechanism
4. Implement MFA
5. Add audit logging
### Long-term (Medium)
1. Regular security audits
2. Penetration testing
3. Security training for developers
4. Implement security headers
5. Add intrusion detection
---
## Compliance Status
### OWASP Top 10
- ❌ A01:2021 - Broken Access Control (Multiple issues)
- ⚠️ A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures (Weak hashing)
- ❌ A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures
### NIST Guidelines
- ❌ SP 800-63B (Authentication)
- Password strength ❌
- MFA ❌
- Rate limiting ❌
### PCI-DSS
- ❌ Requirement 8.2.3 - Strong passwords
- ❌ Requirement 8.2.4 - Password changes
- ❌ Requirement 8.2.5 - Unique passwords
---
## Summary
**Overall Security Grade**: F
**Critical Issues**: 5 (Must fix immediately) **Estimated Remediation Time**: 2-3 weeks **Risk Level**: CRITICAL
**Top Priority**: Fix password hashing and JWT verification immediately.
Notes
- Never trust client-provided authentication/authorization data
- Always verify JWT signatures
- Regenerate sessions after privilege changes
- Implement defense in depth
- Log authentication and authorization events
- Regular security audits recommended
- Test authorization with different user roles
- Use established libraries (don't roll your own crypto)
- Implement least privilege principle
- Monitor for suspicious authentication patterns