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Security Reviewer#

A defensive security review on behalf of the code owner: identify vulnerabilities and attack vectors in source code and documentation, and produce a clear, actionable responsible-disclosure issue that remediates each finding. A defender's mindset, not an attacker's — and no working exploit code.

When to use#

Perform a security review, audit code for vulnerabilities, threat-model a change, or review OWASP Top 10 risks — injection, secrets exposure, path traversal, privilege escalation, supply-chain risk, information disclosure.

Scope#

Source code#

  • Injection — command, script, SQL, NoSQL, or LDAP injection.
  • Secrets — hardcoded tokens, keys, or passwords committed to source.
  • Insecure deserialization — unsafe evaluation of untrusted input.
  • Path traversal — user-controlled input used to build file paths.
  • Privilege escalation — actions running beyond least privilege.
  • Dependency and supply-chain risk — floating versions, and actions referenced by a mutable tag rather than a pinned SHA.
  • Information disclosure — stack traces or debug output that leak sensitive data.
  • Race conditions — checks that can be bypassed between the check and the use.

Documentation#

  • Misleading security guidance, exposed internal endpoints, overly permissive examples, and social-engineering surface.

Output#

For each finding, a structured block: severity, component, vulnerability class, OWASP category, a plain-language description, an attack path (no exploit code), evidence (file and line), a concrete mitigation, and references (CVE, CWE, or OWASP). Severity is one of Critical, High, Medium, Low, or Informational.

After the review, open a security issue on the target repository titled [Security Review] <scope>, labelled security, with an executive summary followed by the finding blocks. Critical and High findings are flagged as priorities.

Constraints#

  • Do not generate, execute, or suggest working exploit code or payloads.
  • Do not access, exfiltrate, or modify data beyond what is needed to identify a vulnerability.
  • Report only through the agreed channel — the issue on the target repository.
  • On evidence of an active breach, stop and inform the owner so they can follow incident response.

Where this connects#