security-review-owasp-grpc-security

Review gRPC service code, configuration, and deployment for security weaknesses.

Updated Mar 26, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/sjinks/ai-owasp-skillset --skill security-review-owasp-grpc-security
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Skill: security-review-owasp-grpc-security
Source: https://github.com/sjinks/ai-owasp-skillset/tree/main/.github/skills/security-review-owasp-grpc-security
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/sjinks/ai-owasp-skillset --skill security-review-owasp-grpc-security

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Helps security reviewers find gRPC weaknesses that expose traffic, weaken trust boundaries, or allow spoofing, tampering, and replay attacks.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Trust and validation review: Checks certificate handling, peer verification, endpoint trust, and channel establishment for unsafe assumptions.
  • Transport and integrity review: Evaluates TLS behavior, downgrade risks, proxy termination, forwarding paths, and replay protections.
  • Operational hardening: Assesses rotation, revocation, monitoring, and deployment drift that can undermine security controls.
  • Use Case: Use this skill when reviewing a service mesh, microservice API, or client-server gRPC integration for authentication, transport, and trust-boundary issues.

Quick Start

Use the security-review-owasp-grpc-security skill to review the gRPC service code, configuration, and deployment paths for trust validation and transport security issues.

Frequently Asked Questions about security-review-owasp-grpc-security

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I review gRPC security for TLS downgrade and certificate validation issues?

Reviewing gRPC security for TLS downgrade and certificate validation issues involves checking service code and configuration for unsafe assumptions in peer verification, channel establishment, and endpoint trust. This requires concrete evidence from runtime behavior or tests to judge trust enforcement and integrity.

What is gRPC replay protection and how does it affect trust boundaries?

gRPC replay protection safeguards trust boundaries by preventing intercepted traffic from being retransmitted, ensuring traffic confidentiality and integrity. It evaluates transport behavior, proxy termination paths, and forwarding configurations to stop spoofing and tampering attacks across service-to-service flows.

How do I assess gRPC proxy termination risks in a microservice API?

Assessing gRPC proxy termination risks in a microservice API requires evaluating TLS behavior and forwarding paths where proxies might weaken trust boundaries. You must review deployment settings and configuration to identify operational drift or downgrade risks that expose traffic.

Can I use this approach to review service mesh certificate rotation and revocation?

Yes, you can review service mesh certificate rotation and revocation by assessing operational hardening controls and deployment drift. This approach evaluates monitoring and configuration to ensure that rotation and revocation practices maintain trust enforcement and transport security.

What is the best way to harden gRPC transport security across client-server flows?

The best way to harden gRPC transport security across client-server flows is to require concrete evidence from code and documentation to judge confidentiality, integrity, and replay resistance. This identifies spoofing and tampering vulnerabilities by validating channel establishment and endpoint trust.