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OWASP Audit

Category: Security  ·  Sub-category: web-security  ·  Last updated:
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Audit application source code against the OWASP Top 10 (2021) vulnerability categories — broken access control, cryptographic failures, injection, insecure design, security misconfiguration, vulnerable components, authentication failures, data integrity, logging failures, SSRF. Use when the user mentions 'OWASP,' 'OWASP Top 10,' 'security audit,' 'security review,' 'secure code review,' 'code security review,' 'vulnerability audit,' 'find vulnerabilities,' 'appsec review,' 'application security audit,' 'check for security issues,' 'broken access control,' 'IDOR,' 'SQL injection,' 'XSS,' 'SSRF,' or wants to check their codebase for common security weaknesses.
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From the source SKILL.md

Perform a systematic security audit of application source code against the OWASP Top 10 (2021).

What this skill does

OWASP Audit is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the web-security sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/owasp-audit/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user mentions 'OWASP,' 'OWASP Top 10,' 'security audit,' 'security review,' 'secure code review,' 'code security review,' 'vulnerability audit,' 'find vulnerabilities,' 'appsec review,' 'application security audit,' 'check for security issues,' 'broken access control,' 'IDOR,' 'SQL injection,' 'XSS,' 'SSRF,' or wants to check their codebase for common security weaknesses.

Who uses this skill

The OWASP Audit Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 163,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/owasp-audit
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-audit/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/owasp-audit/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/owasp-audit/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/owasp-audit/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\owasp-audit\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the OWASP Audit Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/owasp-audit/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the OWASP Audit skill do?
Audit application source code against the OWASP Top 10 (2021) vulnerability categories — broken access control, cryptographic failures, injection, insecure design, security misconfiguration, vulnerable components, authentication failures, data integrity, logging failures, SSRF. Use when the user mentions 'OWASP,' 'OWASP Top 10,' 'security audit,' 'security review,' 'secure code review,' 'code security review,' 'vulnerability audit,' 'find vulnerabilities,' 'appsec review,' 'application security audit,' 'check for security issues,' 'broken access control,' 'IDOR,' 'SQL injection,' 'XSS,' 'SSRF,' or wants to check their codebase for common security weaknesses.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the OWASP Audit skill?
Use OWASP Audit when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the web security area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use OWASP Audit" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/security/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the OWASP Audit skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. OWASP Audit is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA
briiirussell. (2026). OWASP Audit [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-audit/
BibTeX
@misc{owasp-audit-2026,
  author    = {briiirussell},
  title     = {OWASP Audit [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-audit/}
}

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