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dvershinin merged 2 commits into from
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chore: add more security-sensitive headers #44

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chore: add more security-sensitive headers
MegaManSec Apr 28, 2025
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chore: add modern security headers and ensure deterministic output
dvershinin Dec 6, 2025
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13 changes: 9 additions & 4 deletions gixy/plugins/add_header_redefinition.py
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Expand Up @@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ def __init__(self, config):
self.interesting_headers = set()
# Define secure headers that should escalate severity
self.secure_headers = [
'x-frame-options',
'content-security-policy',
'cross-origin-embedder-policy',
'cross-origin-opener-policy',
'cross-origin-resource-policy',
'permissions-policy',
'referrer-policy',
'strict-transport-security',
'x-content-type-options',
'x-frame-options',
'x-xss-protection',
'content-security-policy',
'cache-control'
]

def audit(self, directive):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ def _report_issue(self, current, parent, diff):
# Set severity based on whether a secure header was dropped
issue_severity = gixy.severity.MEDIUM if is_secure_header_dropped else self.severity

reason = 'Parent headers "{headers}" was dropped in current level'.format(headers='", "'.join(diff))
reason = 'Parent headers "{headers}" was dropped in current level'.format(headers='", "'.join(sorted(diff)))
self.add_issue(directive=directives, reason=reason, severity=issue_severity)


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