# code-review-security

A skill that reviews code for vulnerabilities against OWASP Top 10 and ASVS, then reports findings with attack scenarios and fixed snippets.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 402 installs · ★ 206
- Author: OWASP
- License: CC-BY-4.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/OWASP/secure-agent-playbook/tree/HEAD/plugins/code-security-skills/skills/code-review-security/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/owasp-code-review-security

## What it does

The skill follows the procedure in `plays/code-review-security.md`. It starts by pinning down context: language and framework, trust boundary (server, client, library, CLI), data sensitivity, and whether the code is internet-facing. Then it walks vulnerability classes in priority order — injection, authentication and sessions, authorization, cryptography, data exposure, misconfiguration, deserialization.

Each class has its own checks. Injection covers SQL, command, XSS, SSTI, LDAP, path traversal, headers, and logs. Authorization covers missing checks, IDOR, and privilege escalation. Cryptography covers weak algorithms, hardcoded keys, and hand-rolled schemes. Framework-specific checks kick in for React, Express, Django, Flask, Spring, Rails, and Go.

On a pull request, the analysis narrows to changed lines plus context. The skill checks whether existing controls survived, whether new endpoints match the project's auth patterns, and whether a security check got deleted by accident. Findings come with `file:line`, the vulnerable snippet, an attack scenario, fixed code, and a confidence rating, plus a severity count table. This is a pre-merge gate, so if the codebase has no authorization checks anywhere, that is worth a full pass rather than a diff-only review.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill code-review-security -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill code-review-security -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill code-review-security -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install OWASP/secure-agent-playbook code-review-security
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill code-review-security -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --path plugins/code-security-skills/skills/code-review-security
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OWASP/secure-agent-playbook --skill code-review-security -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/OWASP/secure-agent-playbook/tree/HEAD/plugins/code-security-skills/skills/code-review-security/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- screen a pull request for injection before merge
- catch a missing authorization check on a new endpoint
- strip hardcoded keys and credentials out of the code
- trace sensitive data leaking into logs and error messages
- close deserialization and CSRF gaps

## Example prompts
- review this pull request for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- audit the `src/auth` module for injection and session issues
- run a pre-merge security gate and sort findings by severity

## Source text · SKILL.md · CC-BY-4.0

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---
name: code-review-security
description: Security-focused code review mapped to OWASP Top 10 and ASVS. Use when reviewing pull requests, auditing files or modules for vulnerabilities, or performing pre-merge security gate checks. Covers injection, auth, authorization, cryptography, data exposure, misconfiguration, and deserialization.
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Security Code Review

Review code for security vulnerabilities by following the full procedure in `plays/code-review-security.md`.

## Steps

1. **Scope & Context** — Establish language/framework, trust boundary (server/client/library/CLI), data sensitivity (PII, credentials, financial), and exposure (internet-facing, internal, local).

2. **Systematic Review by Vulnerability Class** (priority order):
   - **Injection (A03)** — SQL, command, XSS, SSTI, LDAP, path traversal, header, log injection
   - **Authentication & Session (A07)** — Hardcoded credentials, missing auth, weak sessions, JWT issues
   - **Authorization (A01)** — Missing authz checks, IDOR, horizontal/vertical privilege escalation
   - **Cryptography (A02)** — Weak algorithms, hardcoded keys, missing encryption, custom crypto
   - **Data Exposure (A01)** — Sensitive data in errors/logs, credentials in code, debug mode
   - **Misconfiguration (A05)** — Default credentials, permissive CORS, missing security headers
   - **Deserialization (A08)** — Untrusted deserialization, missing integrity checks, CSRF gaps

3. **Framework-Specific Checks** — Apply checks for detected framework (React, Express, Django, Flask, Spring, Rails, Go).

4. **Diff-Specific Analysis** (for PRs) — Focus on changed lines plus context, verify security controls preserved, check new endpoints match auth patterns, look for removed security controls.

5. **Produce Findings** — Cite file:line, show vulnerable snippet, explain attack scenario, provide fixed code, rate confidence.

## Output

Scope summary, findings sorted by severity using `templates/finding.md`, positive observations (good security controls in place), and severity count table.

## OWASP References

- OWASP Top 10 (2021): A01-A10
- OWASP ASVS v5.0
- OWASP Code Review Guide
- OWASP Cheat Sheet Series
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