Secrets · Threat pass
Vibe apps often ship with secrets in chat and open admin routes. This checklist closes secret hygiene, basic Auth boundaries, and a simple threat pass — written for builders, not auditors. Keep the product. Close the cheap bypass before traffic.
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A security pass for vibe apps means secrets leave chat, admin routes are not open, and you probe the cheap attacks a stranger would try first. You keep the product you built. You buy traffic only after those bypasses fail closed — not after a logo redesign.
Where vibe security fails cheaply
You do not need a full pen test to close panel secrets and open admin. Close cheap doors first.
Rotate. Move to host vaults.
Deny by default.
Bots will find them.
Do this checklist first; pen test when scope is stable.
The builder security pass
Practical, not theatrical.
01
Chat, Git, client, host.
02
Kill anything that leaked.
03
Prod deny.
04
Anonymous abuse, credential stuffing basics, injection on open forms.
How to
Cheap doors first.
Step 01
Panel, chat, .env, third parties.
Step 02
Never recommit.
Step 03
Remove or Auth-gate on prod.
Step 04
Payments, AI, email/SMS.
Step 05
Document residual risk.
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Keys pasted into prompts, service roles in client bundles, .env committed from a builder export, and preview secrets reused in prod. Inventory and rotate — do not hope.
No open admin, no demo bypass, mutating APIs require a real session, and cross-role actions are denied. Deep record tests live on auth-and-data — this page catches the open doors.
No. This is a builder-sized pass: secrets, open routes, rate limits, basic probes. Schedule a deeper test when the surface is stable and traffic is real.
Yes, when you still ship from a named builder panel — those pages wrap that host’s ACLs and preview risks. This checklist stays tool-agnostic: secrets, open routes, and cheap probes. Basics first; builder wrap second.
Bring the secret inventory and admin URLs. We fail closed — then spend on growth.
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