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insecure-defaults

trailofbits/skills

Detects fail-open insecure defaults (hardcoded secrets, weak auth, permissive security) that allow apps to run insecurely in production. Use when auditing security, reviewing config management, or analyzing environment variable handling.

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/trailofbits/skills --skill insecure-defaults

SKILL.md

Finds fail-open vulnerabilities where apps run insecurely with missing configuration. Distinguishes exploitable defaults from fail-secure patterns that crash safely.

When in doubt: trace the code path to determine if the app runs with the default or crashes.

Determine language, framework, and project conventions. Use this information to further discover things like secret storage locations, secret usage patterns, credentialed third-party integrations, cryptography, and any other relevant configuration. Further use information to analyze insecure default configurations.

Detects fail-open insecure defaults (hardcoded secrets, weak auth, permissive security) that allow apps to run insecurely in production. Use when auditing security, reviewing config management, or analyzing environment variable handling. Source: trailofbits/skills.

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Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/trailofbits/skills --skill insecure-defaults
Category
!Security
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First Seen
2026-02-01
Updated
2026-02-18

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What is insecure-defaults?

Detects fail-open insecure defaults (hardcoded secrets, weak auth, permissive security) that allow apps to run insecurely in production. Use when auditing security, reviewing config management, or analyzing environment variable handling. Source: trailofbits/skills.

How do I install insecure-defaults?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/trailofbits/skills --skill insecure-defaults Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/trailofbits/skills