𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵
Vibe coded apps do not fail because AI writes broken code. AI writes the happy path. It skips the adversarial path.
Here are five holes you must close.
Database security. Many builders leave row level security off. Your UI filters data. Your database does not. Wrong: Rely on client side filters. Right: Enable RLS. Enforce user IDs at the database level.
Authorization gaps. Apps check if a user is logged in. They forget to check if the user owns the data. Wrong: Trust a path or body parameter. Right: Check if the user owns the record on every route.
Exposed API keys. Keys in frontend bundles get scraped in minutes. Wrong: Put keys in frontend env vars or commit .env files. Right: Keep secrets on the server. Use a secrets manager. Proxy calls through your backend.
Input injection. User text flows straight into your model or database. This is prompt injection or XSS. Wrong: Trust user text in prompts or queries. Right: Validate input. Use parameterized queries. Separate system rules from user text.
Billing bombs. One script costs you thousands of dollars overnight. Wrong: Assume only humans use your app. Right: Set rate limits per user and IP. Set a hard spend cap.
These gaps separate a demo from a real product. No builder closes them for you. You own the architecture.
Source: https://dev.to/ridhika_g/5-security-holes-every-vibe-coded-app-ships-with-and-the-fix-399o
Optional learning community: https://t.me/GyaanSetuAi