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Description
During a security audit, I identified a High-Severity vulnerability where production secrets were hardcoded directly into
workflow/docker-compose.yml.Vulnerability:
The following sensitive credentials were exposed in plain text:
POSTGRES_PASSWORDJWT_SECRET(Critical for session security)ENCRYPTION_KEYImpact:
Any user who clones this repository receives these keys. If this configuration is deployed to production (as the
docker-composefilename suggests), the application is immediately compromised. Attackers could forge session tokens (JWT_SECRET) or access the database directly (POSTGRES_PASSWORD).The Fix:
I have removed all hardcoded values and replaced them with environment variable references (e.g.,
${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}). This forces the administrator to provide these secrets securely via a.envfile or the environment, following the 12-Factor App security principles.Type of Change