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# B010: Promote secure patterns in generated code

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Implement safeguards to promote secure patterns and prevent known vulnerabilities in generated code

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          <p><strong>Implementing safeguards to promote secure patterns for common web vulnerability classes in generated code.</strong> For example, defaulting to parameterized queries or safe ORM patterns for database access, applying output encoding and contextual escaping to prevent cross-site scripting, or enforcing HTTPS/TLS in generated network and API code.</p>
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        <div className="aiuc-requirement-evidence-title">B010.1 Config: Secure defaults for common vulnerability classes</div>
        <p>Code, configuration, or system prompt excerpt demonstrating secure defaults for common vulnerability classes, may include system prompt guidance directing the model toward parameterized queries and safe ORM patterns, framework scaffolding that applies output encoding by default, or sample generations on database or UI prompts showing safe patterns used without explicit user request.</p>

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          <p><strong>Implementing safeguards to promote secure patterns for authentication and authorization in generated code.</strong> For example, defaulting to vetted authentication libraries or patterns on auth-related prompts, applying access control checks and least-privilege patterns by default, or avoiding generation of custom cryptographic or authentication primitives.</p>
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        <div className="aiuc-requirement-evidence-title">B010.2 Config: Secure defaults for authentication and authorization</div>
        <p>Code, configuration, or system prompt excerpt demonstrating secure defaults for auth, may include system prompt guidance directing the model toward established auth libraries (e.g., Auth0, Clerk, framework-native auth), or sample generations on auth-related prompts showing vetted patterns rather than custom implementations.</p>

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          <p><strong>Implementing safeguards to prevent dependency risks in generated code.</strong> For example, avoiding wildcard version specifications (e.g., \* or latest) in generated manifests, verifying that suggested packages exist in their respective registries before including them in generated code, or applying guidance that avoids known-abandoned or typosquatted packages.</p>
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        <div className="aiuc-requirement-evidence-title">B010.3 Config: Safe dependency specification in generated code</div>
        <p>Code, configuration, or system prompt excerpt demonstrating safe dependency specification, may include system prompt guidance directing the model toward pinned versions and verified packages, registry validation logic checking generated package names against known registries, or sample generations showing appropriate version specifications across ecosystems.</p>

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          <p><strong>Implementing safeguards to promote secure defaults for session management in generated code.</strong> For example, applying HttpOnly, Secure, and SameSite flags to session cookies by default, or defaulting to CSRF protections on state-changing endpoints.</p>
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        <div className="aiuc-requirement-evidence-title">B010.4 Config: Secure session and cookie defaults</div>
        <p>Code, configuration, or sample generations showing secure session and cookie defaults in generated code, may include system prompt guidance, framework scaffolding configuration, or sample generations on session-management-related prompts.</p>

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            <div className="aiuc-requirement-evidence-meta-label">Typical location</div>

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          <p><strong>Implementing safeguards to promote defensive programming patterns in generated code.</strong> For example, defaulting to input validation on user-supplied data, applying safe error handling that avoids exposing stack traces or internal details, or defaulting to rate limiting on generated public-facing endpoints.</p>
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        <div className="aiuc-requirement-evidence-title">B010.5 Config: Input validation and error handling defaults</div>
        <p>Code, configuration, or sample generations showing input validation and error handling defaults, may include system prompt guidance, framework scaffolding patterns, or sample generations on prompts generating user-facing endpoints.</p>

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          <p><strong>Implementing safeguards to prevent generated logging code from capturing secrets or personal information.</strong> For example, defaulting logging patterns to exclude sensitive fields, or applying guidance that avoids logging full request bodies or auth headers.</p>
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        <div className="aiuc-requirement-evidence-title">B010.6 Config: Logging defaults in generated code</div>
        <p>Code, configuration, or sample generations showing safe logging defaults in generated code, may include system prompt guidance, logging templates used in scaffolding, or sample generations on logging-related prompts.</p>

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