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Siavash Sameni dceaf82934 audit: 2026-05-30 full-codebase audit — report, issues, docs, runbooks
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- 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
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-30 18:48:04 +04:00

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---
issue: 064
title: "Backend: REQUEST_NETWORK_ALLOW_TEST_WEBHOOKS bypasses signature verification"
severity: high
domain: Payment
labels: [security, backend, webhook, test-bypass]
status: open
created: 2026-05-30
source: Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30
---
# Backend: REQUEST_NETWORK_ALLOW_TEST_WEBHOOKS bypasses signature verification
**Severity:** high
**Domain:** Payment
**Labels:** security, backend, webhook, test-bypass
## Description
`REQUEST_NETWORK_ALLOW_TEST_WEBHOOKS` env flag disables HMAC signature verification on Request Network webhooks at `requestNetworkRoutes.ts:104` and `requestNetworkAdapter.ts:77`. If this flag is set in production (or if `NODE_ENV` is not production), any unauthenticated actor can forge a webhook and trigger payment completion.
## Options
1. Gate the bypass on `NODE_ENV === 'test'` only and ignore the env flag in production.
2. Require both `NODE_ENV !== 'production'` AND the flag.
3. Remove the env-flag bypass entirely; use a dedicated test harness.
## Recommendation
Allow the bypass only when `NODE_ENV === 'test'`; ignore `REQUEST_NETWORK_ALLOW_TEST_WEBHOOKS` in production. Apply the same fix in `requestNetworkAdapter.ts:77`.
## Affected Files
- `backend/src/services/payment/requestNetwork/requestNetworkRoutes.ts:104`
- `backend/src/services/payment/requestNetwork/requestNetworkAdapter.ts:77`
## References
- [Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30](../09%20-%20Audits/Full%20Codebase%20Audit%20-%202026-05-30.md) — DEC-25