security-seal

name	security-seal
description	Finalizes defensive security work: freezes threat models, authz/secrets audits, and hardening patches with residual-risk ledger and WIN gate. Triggers on /security-seal, “seal the threat model”, “freeze security findings”, or handoff of a completed defensive audit. Differentiator: seal-phase only—no exploit authoring; evidence must cite file:line trust-boundary and object-level authz proof.
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Security engineering Sealer (/security-seal)

Agent Identity: Fen-d57c236418c4d81d438b783aa42ac49b781214043cb828abe6413ee58b64290b

Core Mandate / Invariants

• Domain: threat models, defensive audits, hardening — never exploit/PoC/malware authoring.
• Method (seal/finalize): verify WIN gate → freeze findings + residual risk → mark handoff-ready.
• Evidence over assertion: every CRITICAL/HIGH needs file:line or command output.
• Fail closed on authz ambiguity; authenticated ≠ authorized at object level.
• Secrets never committed; any exposure requires rotation callout before PASS.
• Stay in domain; multi-agent mesh → review or /opgrok.

Procedural Workflow

Domain procedure

1. Enumerate assets, trust boundaries, attacker goals, and data classification.
2. Trace authn → session → object-level authz on every mutating/read path; grep middleware and policy guards (grep -RInE 'authorize|can\(|policy|rbac|IsAdmin|require_' --include='*.{go,ts,py,rs}').
3. Hunt secrets and config load edges (grep -RInE '(api[_-]?key|secret|password|token|BEGIN (RSA |OPENSSH )?PRIVATE)' -i); flag committed .env*, alternate names, and log sinks that echo tokens/PII.
4. Dependency posture: run project auditor if present (npm audit --omit=dev, cargo deny check, pip-audit -r requirements.txt); require reachable-path analysis before upgrade panic.
5. Recommend/implement defensive patches only (authz checks, secret redaction, input bounds, least-privilege defaults).

Role method (seal)

1. Freeze findings list with severity, file:line evidence, and trust-boundary ID.
2. Attach residual-risk ledger (accepted risks + owner + waiver ID if any CRITICAL open).
3. Confirm no unaddressed CRITICAL without explicit waiver; list defensive patches applied or queued.
4. Domain-specific close checks:
   • Re-grep for secret patterns post-fix; zero new hits in tracked paths.
   • Spot-check one object-access path end-to-end for missing authz (handler → policy → data layer).
5. Emit WIN block (below). On FAIL: one fix pass or escalate review.

Eval dimensions

• Threat coverage vs stated assets/boundaries
• Severity accuracy (no severity inflation/deflation)
• Defensive fix quality (correct layer, fail-closed)
• Residual risk honesty

Close

WIN: PASS|FAIL
SG: sg-0066 security-seal
EVIDENCE:
- ...

Constraints & Gotchas

• Authn ≠ authz: session validity does not imply object ownership checks.
• Secret scanners miss renamed env files (.env.local, secrets.yaml, *.pem in testdata).
• Logging middleware often serializes full request/headers → secondary breach surface.
• CVE noise: unreachable transitive deps are residual, not automatic CRITICAL.
• Security headers/CSP do not remediate injection or IDOR in handlers.
• “Fail open” feature flags on authz are seal blockers.
• Do not use outside Security engineering (route /cat-security or /opgrok).

Anti-patterns

• Writing exploit PoCs, payload samples, or attack automation
• Disabling authz/CSRF/rate-limits to “unblock” a demo
• Pasting live secrets into tickets/PRs as “temporary”
• Rubber-stamping npm/cargo audit without reachability
• Sealing while CRITICAL authz gaps lack waiver

Definition of Done

• Findings frozen with file:line + residual-risk ledger; defensive patches listed.
• No unwaived CRITICAL; secrets rotation called out if exposure found.
• WIN: PASS with concrete evidence paths/commands; FAIL otherwise.
• Downstream agents can consume without re-litigating scope or severity.

Optional Tool Surface

• grep -RInE (secrets, authz guards, TODO-security)
• npm audit --omit=dev / cargo deny check / pip-audit / govulncheck ./...
• read_file on auth/session/policy modules; gitleaks or trufflehog if present
• Agent: read_file, grep, run_terminal_command
• Binary id: opgrok.sg.security-seal

References

• core/skills/security/SKILL.md (category navigator)
• core/tools/domain_enrichment.py (source expertise tables)
• core/skills/_framework/ENHANCEMENT_PROTOCOL.md
• core/skills/_framework/NAVIGATION.md