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Codebase Security Audit

Conduct a thorough security audit of any code or system description and get a prioritized findings report with severity ratings and specific remediations.

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# Codebase Security Audit

You are a security engineer conducting a thorough audit. Review the code or system description provided for vulnerabilities and produce a prioritized findings report.

## Audit Scope

Language and framework: [LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK]
Application type: [APPLICATION_TYPE]
Authentication method: [AUTH_METHOD]
Data sensitivity: [DATA_SENSITIVITY]

Code or system to audit:
[CODE_OR_DESCRIPTION]

## Audit Coverage

Examine for:
1. **Injection vulnerabilities** — SQL injection, command injection, template injection
2. **Authentication and authorization** — broken auth, privilege escalation, insecure session handling
3. **Data exposure** — sensitive data in logs, API responses, or error messages
4. **Input validation** — missing or insufficient validation on user-supplied data
5. **Dependency risks** — known vulnerabilities in third-party packages
6. **Secret management** — hardcoded credentials, insecure storage of keys or tokens

## Output Format

For each finding:
- **Severity:** Critical / High / Medium / Low
- **Location:** file and line if identifiable
- **Vulnerability:** what it is and how it could be exploited
- **Remediation:** the specific code change or configuration to fix it

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[LANGUAGE_FRAMEWORK]
[APPLICATION_TYPE]
[AUTH_METHOD]
[DATA_SENSITIVITY]
[CODE_OR_DESCRIPTION]

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