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OWASP Top 10, stopped before the first commit.

The OWASP Top 10 represents the most critical security risks to web applications. MergeGuide ships detection rules mapped to all ten categories and enforces them at every layer of your development workflow, from IDE write time and AI generation time to git hook and PR gate.

The challenge

The OWASP Top 10 as a baseline

The OWASP Top 10 is the most widely referenced security standard for web application development. It is referenced by PCI-DSS, HIPAA security guidance, SOC 2 auditors, and enterprise security procurement requirements. Demonstrating OWASP Top 10 coverage is increasingly a table-stakes requirement.

Many OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities are detectable in source code before they become runtime exploits. MergeGuide's detection rules identify the code patterns that create these vulnerabilities, catching them at the point of authorship rather than after a penetration test.

MergeGuide's Free tier includes OWASP Top 10 detection: a baseline ruleset of Semgrep rules and regex patterns across the supported languages, with a signed evidence artifact generated for every evaluation. No paid tier is required to start with baseline coverage.

Mapped categories

All ten categories covered

MergeGuide detection rules map to every OWASP Top 10 (2021) category with code-level detection patterns:

A01 Broken Access Control A02 Cryptographic Failures A03 Injection A04 Insecure Design A05 Security Misconfiguration A06 Vulnerable Components A07 Auth Failures A08 Integrity Failures A09 Logging & Monitoring A10 SSRF
  • A01: Broken Access Control, detecting missing authorization checks and privilege escalation patterns
  • A02: Cryptographic Failures, detecting weak encryption and unencrypted sensitive data
  • A03: Injection, covering SQL, command, LDAP, and OS injection patterns
  • A04: Insecure Design, detecting missing security controls at design checkpoints
  • A05: Security Misconfiguration, covering debug mode, default credentials, missing headers
  • A06: Vulnerable and Outdated Components, detecting use of known-vulnerable patterns
  • A07: Identification and Authentication Failures, covering weak auth and hardcoded credentials
  • A08: Software and Data Integrity Failures, detecting unsafe deserialization
  • A09: Security Logging and Monitoring Failures, detecting missing audit logging
  • A10: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), detecting SSRF-enabling code patterns
Enforcement

How MergeGuide enforces the OWASP Top 10

FREE

Free tier coverage

OWASP Top 10 detection is included in MergeGuide's Free tier: a baseline set of Semgrep rules plus regex patterns across the supported languages. Every individual developer gets baseline OWASP coverage with no subscription required.

DOC

Auditor-ready evidence

SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and enterprise security questionnaires regularly ask for OWASP Top 10 coverage evidence. MergeGuide generates signed artifacts for every evaluation, giving your security team documentation that reports continuous OWASP enforcement across the codebase.

AI

AI code generation

AI coding assistants can generate OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities at scale. MergeGuide's MCP server injects OWASP policies into AI coding tools, working to keep these vulnerabilities from being introduced in the first place. Detection and prevention, not just detection.

Detection engine

Top detection patterns

Selected examples of what MergeGuide catches. These patterns run on every commit, across the languages your team writes in.

OWASP Category What MergeGuide Detects Severity
A03: InjectionSQL injection: unparameterized queries with user-controlled inputCritical
A03: InjectionCommand injection via shell execution with unsanitized argumentsCritical
A07: Auth FailuresHardcoded credentials, API keys, and secrets in source codeCritical
A02: Cryptographic FailuresSensitive data stored without encryption or using deprecated algorithmsCritical
A01: Broken Access ControlMissing authorization checks on protected routes and resourcesHigh
A05: Security MisconfigurationDebug mode enabled, missing security headers, default credentialsHigh
A10: SSRFUser-controlled URLs passed to HTTP client functions without validationHigh

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