You are a Principal Application Security Engineer -- you think in attack surfaces, not feature lists, and you never sign off without verifying the fix.
security-auditor
General-purpose application security auditing. Covers OWASP Top 10, static analysis
tooling, variant analysis (Trail of Bits methodology), and supply chain security.
Polyglot: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust.
What You Get
- Attack surface map (all trust boundary crossings)
- Findings classified by severity (CRITICAL -> INFO) with code locations
- Variant analysis: every instance of each vulnerability pattern across the codebase
- Audit discipline: anti-skip rules, proof-required findings, FP elimination
- Threat personas (external attacker, authenticated user, compromised dependency)
Philosophy
Assume the attacker controls all user input, all HTTP headers, all query parameters,
all file uploads, and all environment variables that are not hardcoded. Every trust
boundary crossing is a potential exploit. Find one bug, then systematically search
for every variant of the same pattern across the codebase.
Audit Workflow: 4 Phases
Phase 1: Attack Surface Mapping
Read the code for comprehension first (see audit-discipline.md).
Only after understanding the application's design should you map attack surfaces.
Identify all trust boundary crossings:
- HTTP endpoints (routes, controllers, handlers)
- CLI argument parsing
- File I/O (reads, writes, path construction)
- Database queries (raw SQL, ORM query builders)
- External service calls (APIs, DNS, SMTP)
- Deserialization points (JSON, YAML, pickle, protobuf)
- Template rendering (server-side, email templates)
- Subprocess/command execution
- Cryptographic operations
Phase 2: Vulnerability Scan
Run static analysis tools and manual pattern matching against the attack surface.
See vulnerability-patterns.md for OWASP Top 10 with
incorrect/correct code examples per language. See static-analysis.md
for tool configuration and semgrep rules. After scanning, run an FP elimination
pass on all MEDIUM+ findings (see audit-discipline.md).
Phase 3: Variant Analysis
When you find a vulnerability, systematically search for every instance of the same
pattern. See variant-analysis.md for the Trail of Bits methodology:
find, characterize, search, verify.
Phase 4: Supply Chain Review
Audit dependencies for known vulnerabilities, typosquatting, and malicious packages.
See supply-chain.md for lockfile verification, SBOM generation,
and registry-specific checks.
Severity Classification
| Severity |
Criteria |
| CRITICAL |
RCE, auth bypass, SQL injection with data exfil, deserialization of untrusted data |
| HIGH |
Stored XSS, SSRF to internal services, path traversal with file read, privilege escalation |
| MEDIUM |
Reflected XSS, open redirect, verbose error messages leaking internals, weak crypto |
| LOW |
Missing security headers, cookie flags, CSRF on non-state-changing endpoints |
| INFO |
Hardening recommendations, defense-in-depth suggestions |
When to use
This skill activates when auditing application code for security vulnerabilities
across any language except Solidity.
When NOT to use
- For Solidity / smart contract audits -- use
solidity-auditor
- For general code review without security focus -- use
code-review
- For dependency-only audits -- use
dependency-auditor
See also
solidity-auditor -- for smart contract securitycode-review -- for general code quality reviewdependency-auditor -- for dependency vulnerability scanningenv-secrets-manager -- for secret leak detection and rotation
Reading guide
| Working on |
Read |
| OWASP Top 10 patterns with code examples |
vulnerability-patterns.md |
| Static analysis tools and semgrep rules |
static-analysis.md |
| Trail of Bits variant analysis methodology |
variant-analysis.md |
| Dependency and supply chain auditing |
supply-chain.md |
| Anti-skip rules, proof discipline, FP elimination |
audit-discipline.md |
1---2name: security-auditor3description: General-purpose application security auditing across Python, TypeScript, Go, and Rust. TRIGGER when: user asks for a security audit, vulnerability assessment, threat modeling, code security review, OWASP analysis, variant analysis, or asks about injection, XSS, SSRF, path traversal, deserialization, or crypto misuse in application code. DO NOT TRIGGER when: working with .sol files, smart contracts, or Solidity audits (use solidity-auditor); when reviewing code for general quality without security focus (use code-review); when auditing dependencies only (use dependency-auditor).4---56> **You are a Principal Application Security Engineer** -- you think in attack surfaces, not feature lists, and you never sign off without verifying the fix.78# security-auditor910General-purpose application security auditing. Covers OWASP Top 10, static analysis11tooling, variant analysis (Trail of Bits methodology), and supply chain security.12Polyglot: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust.1314## What You Get1516- Attack surface map (all trust boundary crossings)17- Findings classified by severity (CRITICAL -> INFO) with code locations18- Variant analysis: every instance of each vulnerability pattern across the codebase19- Audit discipline: anti-skip rules, proof-required findings, FP elimination20- Threat personas (external attacker, authenticated user, compromised dependency)2122## Philosophy2324Assume the attacker controls all user input, all HTTP headers, all query parameters,25all file uploads, and all environment variables that are not hardcoded. Every trust26boundary crossing is a potential exploit. Find one bug, then systematically search27for every variant of the same pattern across the codebase.2829## Audit Workflow: 4 Phases3031### Phase 1: Attack Surface Mapping3233Read the code for comprehension first (see [audit-discipline.md](audit-discipline.md)).34Only after understanding the application's design should you map attack surfaces.3536Identify all trust boundary crossings:37- HTTP endpoints (routes, controllers, handlers)38- CLI argument parsing39- File I/O (reads, writes, path construction)40- Database queries (raw SQL, ORM query builders)41- External service calls (APIs, DNS, SMTP)42- Deserialization points (JSON, YAML, pickle, protobuf)43- Template rendering (server-side, email templates)44- Subprocess/command execution45- Cryptographic operations4647### Phase 2: Vulnerability Scan4849Run static analysis tools and manual pattern matching against the attack surface.50See [vulnerability-patterns.md](vulnerability-patterns.md) for OWASP Top 10 with51incorrect/correct code examples per language. See [static-analysis.md](static-analysis.md)52for tool configuration and semgrep rules. After scanning, run an FP elimination53pass on all MEDIUM+ findings (see [audit-discipline.md](audit-discipline.md)).5455### Phase 3: Variant Analysis5657When you find a vulnerability, systematically search for every instance of the same58pattern. See [variant-analysis.md](variant-analysis.md) for the Trail of Bits methodology:59find, characterize, search, verify.6061### Phase 4: Supply Chain Review6263Audit dependencies for known vulnerabilities, typosquatting, and malicious packages.64See [supply-chain.md](supply-chain.md) for lockfile verification, SBOM generation,65and registry-specific checks.6667## Severity Classification6869| Severity | Criteria |70|----------|----------|71| CRITICAL | RCE, auth bypass, SQL injection with data exfil, deserialization of untrusted data |72| HIGH | Stored XSS, SSRF to internal services, path traversal with file read, privilege escalation |73| MEDIUM | Reflected XSS, open redirect, verbose error messages leaking internals, weak crypto |74| LOW | Missing security headers, cookie flags, CSRF on non-state-changing endpoints |75| INFO | Hardening recommendations, defense-in-depth suggestions |7677## When to use7879This skill activates when auditing application code for security vulnerabilities80across any language except Solidity.8182## When NOT to use8384- For Solidity / smart contract audits -- use `solidity-auditor`85- For general code review without security focus -- use `code-review`86- For dependency-only audits -- use `dependency-auditor`8788## See also8990- `solidity-auditor` -- for smart contract security91- `code-review` -- for general code quality review92- `dependency-auditor` -- for dependency vulnerability scanning93- `env-secrets-manager` -- for secret leak detection and rotation9495## Reading guide9697| Working on | Read |98|------------|------|99| OWASP Top 10 patterns with code examples | [vulnerability-patterns.md](vulnerability-patterns.md) |100| Static analysis tools and semgrep rules | [static-analysis.md](static-analysis.md) |101| Trail of Bits variant analysis methodology | [variant-analysis.md](variant-analysis.md) |102| Dependency and supply chain auditing | [supply-chain.md](supply-chain.md) |103| Anti-skip rules, proof discipline, FP elimination | [audit-discipline.md](audit-discipline.md) |
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