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πŸ›‘οΈ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix authentication bypass vulnerability - #119

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πŸ›‘οΈ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix authentication bypass vulnerability#119
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🚨 Severity: CRITICAL
πŸ’‘ Vulnerability: A hardcoded 2FA bypass secret ("stealth_dev_bypass_root_2026") was present in src/auth.ts, allowing an attacker who knows this secret to bypass the Two-Factor Authentication requirement if the ADMIN_BYPASS_SECRET environment variable is not explicitly configured on the server.
🎯 Impact: Attackers could gain unauthorized access by bypassing 2FA mechanisms entirely, leading to full account compromise.
πŸ”§ Fix: Removed the hardcoded secret and replaced it with a null fallback. The 2FA bypass check now inherently fails if ADMIN_BYPASS_SECRET is unset, following the fail-secure principle.
βœ… Verification: Tested via unit tests, build generation, and e2e playwright verification tests which all passed. Also inspected src/auth.ts to confirm there is no fallback string for expectedSecret.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 18079393030119125724 started by @secrooq

Removed the hardcoded "stealth_dev_bypass_root_2026" fallback for the `ADMIN_BYPASS_SECRET` in `src/auth.ts` which allowed 2FA to be bypassed if the environment variable wasn't present. Changed the fallback to `null` to securely fail closed.

Co-authored-by: secrooq <81346684+secrooq@users.noreply.github.com>
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