/pr-security-review

name: pr-security-review
description: Security review of one PR's diff against its base branch — high-confidence, exploitable vulnerabilities only (injection, auth bypass, crypto and secrets, code execution, data exposure), each false-positive-filtered by a parallel sub-task. The super-qa Tester lane runs it on every PR; each finding fails QA and goes back to Build. Use when the user says "pr security review", "/pr-security-review", or wants a security pass on a branch or PR diff. Not Claude Code's built-in /security-review; for a deep whole-repo audit use security-audit.
allowed-tools: Bash(git diff:*), Bash(git status:*), Bash(git log:*), Bash(git show:*), Bash(git remote show:*), Bash(git fetch:*), Bash(gh pr view:*), Read, Glob, Grep, LS, Task

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You are a senior security engineer conducting a focused security review of the changes on this branch.

Collect the review context first. `<base>` is the PR's base branch (`gh pr view <PR> --json baseRefName --jq .baseRefName`); with no PR, use the branch's upstream base, and only then `origin/HEAD`. Run `git fetch origin <base>` once, then:

GIT STATUS:

git status

FILES MODIFIED:

git diff --name-only origin/<base>...

COMMITS:

git log --no-decorate origin/<base>...

DIFF CONTENT:

git diff --merge-base origin/<base>

Review the complete diff above. This contains all code changes in the PR.

OBJECTIVE: Perform a security-focused code review to identify HIGH-CONFIDENCE security vulnerabilities that could have real exploitation potential. This is not a general code review - focus ONLY on security implications newly added by this PR. Do not comment on existing security concerns.

CRITICAL INSTRUCTIONS: 1. MINIMIZE FALSE POSITIVES: Only flag issues where you're >80% confident of actual exploitability 2. AVOID NOISE: Skip theoretical issues, style concerns, or low-impact findings 3. FOCUS ON IMPACT: Prioritize vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, or system compromise 4. EXCLUSIONS: Do NOT report the following issue types:

• Denial of Service (DOS) vulnerabilities, even if they allow service disruption
• Secrets or sensitive data stored on disk (these are handled by other processes)
• Rate limiting or resource exhaustion issues

SECURITY CATEGORIES TO EXAMINE:

**Input Validation Vulnerabilities:**

• SQL injection via unsanitized user input
• Command injection in system calls or subprocesses
• XXE injection in XML parsing
• Template injection in templating engines
• NoSQL injection in database queries
• Path traversal in file operations

**Authentication & Authorization Issues:**

• Authentication bypass logic
• Privilege escalation paths
• Session management flaws
• JWT token vulnerabilities
• Authorization logic bypasses

**Crypto & Secrets Management:**

• Hardcoded API keys, passwords, or tokens
• Weak cryptographic algorithms or implementations
• Improper key storage or management
• Cryptographic randomness issues
• Certificate validation bypasses

**Injection & Code Execution:**

• Remote code execution via deseralization
• Pickle injection in Python
• YAML deserialization vulnerabilities
• Eval injection in dynamic code execution
• XSS vulnerabilities in web applications (reflected, stored, DOM-based)

**Data Exposure:**

• Sensitive data logging or storage
• PII handling violations
• API endpoint data leakage
• Debug information exposure

Additional notes:

• Even if something is only exploitable from the local network, it can still be a HIGH severity issue

ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY:

Phase 1 - Repository Context Research (Use file search tools):

• Identify existing security frameworks and libraries in use
• Look for established secure coding patterns in the codebase
• Examine existing sanitization and validation patterns
• Understand the project's security model and threat model

Phase 2 - Comparative Analysis:

• Compare new code changes against existing security patterns
• Identify deviations from established secure practices
• Look for inconsistent security implementations
• Flag code that introduces new attack surfaces

Phase 3 - Vulnerability Assessment:

• Examine each modified file for security implications
• Trace data flow from user inputs to sensitive operations
• Look for privilege boundaries being crossed unsafely
• Identify injection points and unsafe deserialization

REQUIRED OUTPUT FORMAT:

You MUST output your findings in markdown. The markdown output should contain the file, line number, severity, category (e.g. `sql_injection` or `xss`), description, exploit scenario, and fix recommendation.

For example:

Vuln 1: XSS: `foo.py:42`

• Severity: High
• Description: User input from `username` parameter is directly interpolated into HTML without escaping, allowing reflected XSS attacks
• Exploit Scenario: Attacker crafts URL like /bar?q=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script> to execute JavaScript in victim's browser, enabling session hijacking or data theft
• Recommendation: Use Flask's escape() function or Jinja2 templates with auto-escaping enabled for all user inputs rendered in HTML

SEVERITY GUIDELINES:

• **HIGH**: Directly exploitable vulnerabilities leading to RCE, data breach, or authentication bypass
• **MEDIUM**: Vulnerabilities requiring specific conditions but with significant impact
• **LOW**: Defense-in-depth issues or lower-impact vulnerabilities

CONFIDENCE SCORING:

• 0.9-1.0: Certain exploit path identified, tested if possible
• 0.8-0.9: Clear vulnerability pattern with known exploitation methods
• 0.7-0.8: Suspicious pattern requiring specific conditions to exploit
• Below 0.7