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Siavash Sameni dceaf82934 audit: 2026-05-30 full-codebase audit — report, issues, docs, runbooks
Full-codebase-audit 2026-05-30 outputs:
- Audit report: 09 - Audits/Full Codebase Audit - 2026-05-30.md
- 81 issue files ISSUE-055..135 (decisions + 1 skipped no-brainer).
- Scanner docs from scratch (was zero): architecture, data model, API ref, payment
  flow, operations runbook + repo README.
- Doc-sync updates across API reference, data models, flows, design system.
- Secret Rotation Runbook (08 - Operations) for the exposed credentials.
- Reusable workflow guide (07 - Development) + .claude/workflows/full-codebase-audit.js.

Issues remain status:open intentionally — the code fixes are uncommitted-then-committed
working-tree changes per repo and aren't "resolved" until merged/deployed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-30 18:48:04 +04:00

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---
issue: 108
title: "Scanner: unauthenticated startup when SCANNER_API_KEY unset"
severity: medium
domain: Scanner
labels: [security, scanner, configuration]
status: open
created: 2026-05-30
source: Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30
---
# Scanner: unauthenticated startup when SCANNER_API_KEY unset
**Severity:** medium
**Domain:** Scanner
**Labels:** security, scanner, configuration
## Description
`scanner/config.go:111` logs a warning when `SCANNER_API_KEY` is empty but allows the server to start and accept unauthenticated requests. An operator mistake or CI misconfiguration can deploy a scanner that accepts any intent without an API key.
## Options
1. Fail fast in non-dev when `SCANNER_API_KEY` is empty.
2. Allow empty key only when bound to localhost; refuse otherwise.
3. Keep warning but add a required-in-prod env flag.
## Recommendation
Refuse to start (or restrict to loopback) when no API key is set outside local dev.
## Affected Files
- `scanner/config.go:111`
## References
- [Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30](../09%20-%20Audits/Full%20Codebase%20Audit%20-%202026-05-30.md) — DEC-60