# code-vuln-audit

Scans source code for hardcoded secrets, package vulnerabilities, and OWASP anti-patterns. Helpful before shipping changes or publishing repositories.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 4679
- Author: zebbern
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide/tree/HEAD/skills/code-vuln-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/code-vuln-audit

## What it does

The skill executes `scripts/security_scan.py` using Python 3.7+ to audit projects locally. It covers three areas: package vulnerabilities via `npm audit` or `pip-audit`, secret leaks, and OWASP Top 10 anti-patterns. Secret detection pairs regular expressions for AWS, GitHub, Stripe, or Slack credentials with Shannon entropy calculations for strings longer than 20 characters.

Static checks spot SQL injection, command execution via `os.system` or `subprocess`, XSS sinks, weak hashing, and unsafe deserialization like `pickle` or `yaml.load`. Supported targets include Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, PHP, and Ruby. Reports output as plain text or JSON with severity filtering from `low` to `critical`.

Dependency auditing requires `npm` or `pip-audit` present on your system. If those binaries are missing, the scanner skips package checks with a notification and finishes the remaining code scans normally.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill code-vuln-audit -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/code-vuln-audit/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/code-vuln-audit/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill code-vuln-audit -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/code-vuln-audit/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill code-vuln-audit -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/code-vuln-audit/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install zebbern/claude-code-guide code-vuln-audit
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/code-vuln-audit/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill code-vuln-audit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide --path skills/code-vuln-audit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/code-vuln-audit/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill code-vuln-audit -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide/tree/HEAD/skills/code-vuln-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- detect exposed API tokens and private keys
- audit npm and pip dependencies for security advisories
- catch SQL injection, XSS, and command injection patterns
- identify unsafe deserialization calls like pickle or yaml.load
- generate structured vulnerability scan reports in JSON

## Example prompts
- Run a security scan on this project and show findings above medium severity
- Check dependencies for known vulnerabilities using code-vuln-audit
- Scan for hardcoded secrets and save the output to report.json

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: code-vuln-audit
description: "Scan code for security issues: dependency vulnerabilities (npm/pip audit), secret leaks (regex and entropy analysis), and OWASP anti-patterns like SQL injection, XSS, or command injection. Use when the user mentions security scans, vulnerability detection, secret leaks, API keys, OWASP, npm audit, pip-audit, hardcoded passwords, or code security checks."
license: MIT
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# code-vuln-audit

A code security scanning tool with three core scanning capabilities:

1. **Dependency Vulnerability Scanning** — Automatically detects known vulnerabilities in npm / pip dependencies
2. **Secret Leak Detection** — Discovers hardcoded secrets, tokens, and passwords via regex matching + Shannon entropy analysis
3. **OWASP Pattern Detection** — Identifies common security anti-patterns such as SQL injection, XSS, command injection, and insecure deserialization

## Quick Start

```bash
# Scan the current directory (all checks)
python3 scripts/security_scan.py .

# Scan dependencies only
python3 scripts/security_scan.py --mode deps .

# Detect secret leaks only
python3 scripts/security_scan.py --mode secrets /path/to/project

# Detect OWASP security patterns only
python3 scripts/security_scan.py --mode owasp .

# Output report in JSON format
python3 scripts/security_scan.py --format json --output report.json .

# Only show findings at high severity and above
python3 scripts/security_scan.py --severity high .
```

## Scan Module Details

### 1. Dependency Vulnerability Scanning (deps)

Automatically detects the project type and invokes the appropriate tool:

| Project Type | Detection File | Tool Used |
|---|---|---|
| Node.js | `package.json` + `package-lock.json` | `npm audit` |
| Python | `requirements.txt` / `pyproject.toml` / `Pipfile` | `pip-audit` |

If the corresponding audit tool is not installed, a helpful message is displayed instead of an error.

### 2. Secret Leak Detection (secrets)

Detection is performed in two ways:

**Regex Matching**: Covers common secret formats

| Secret Type | Example Pattern |
|---|---|
| AWS Access Key | 20-character string starting with `AKIA` |
| GitHub Token | Starts with `ghp_` or `github_pat_` |
| Slack Token | Starts with `xoxb-` or `xoxp-` |
| Stripe Key | Starts with `sk_live_` or `pk_live_` |
| Private Key File | `-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----` |
| Generic API Key | Format like `api_key = "..."` |
| Credentials in URL | `https://user:pass@host` |
| JWT Token | `eyJ...` format |

**Shannon Entropy Analysis**: Computes information entropy for string constants in code (threshold > 4.5 and length >= 20) to discover secrets in non-standard formats.

### 3. OWASP Pattern Detection (owasp)

Covers statically detectable security patterns from the OWASP Top 10:
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