security-first-2025

What problem does it solve?

This Skill addresses the critical need for robust security in Bash scripting by providing mandatory patterns and best practices to prevent common vulnerabilities like command injection, path traversal, and insecure handling of secrets.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Input Validation: Ensures all user inputs are sanitized and validated against defined patterns and lengths.
• Command Injection Prevention: Guides users away from dangerous practices like eval and promotes safe command execution.
• Secrets Management: Enforces secure methods for handling sensitive information, preventing hardcoding and exposure.
• Use Case: A DevOps engineer needs to create a new deployment script. This Skill ensures the script validates all environment variables, securely fetches API keys, and uses absolute paths for all commands, preventing potential security breaches.

Quick Start

Use the security-first-2025 skill to generate a Bash script that securely handles user input for file processing.