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The public auth settings at {endpoint} report that self signup is on, so a script can create accounts at will.

Last updated September 20, 2026

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Why AI-built apps get this

Backend sign in settings default to whatever gets a first account created fastest. Open signup and automatic confirmation are the defaults that make the demo work, and they are still the defaults on the day the product goes public.

What it affects

The public auth settings at {endpoint} report that self signup is on, so a script can create accounts at will.

What the evidence line looks like

the public auth settings report mailer_autoconfirm: true

Every finding on a result carries a line like this one: the request that was made and the answer that came back. You can run the same request yourself and get the same answer, which is the point.

The fix

Turn self signup off if the product is invite only, and put a rate limit in front of the signup route either way.

Prompt for your coding agent

Turn off open self signup in the backend auth settings if the product is invite only, and rate limit the signup route.

A result gives you this prompt written for your builder, in its own dialect, and a batch prompt that carries every fix at once.

Incidents that involved this

  • Not verified

    First-quarter 2026 assessment of 200 apps

    183 of 200 vibe-coded apps, 91.5 percent, contained at least one vulnerability traceable to AI hallucination or missing security context.

    2026-04
    Read the incident
  • Not verified

    Tenzai study of AI-built apps

    69 vulnerabilities across 15 apps built by five AI coding tools.

    2026-02
    Read the incident
  • Not verified

    Tea app, second breach

    Three days after the first breach, over a million private messages were exposed through an API endpoint with no access control.

    2025-07
    Read the incident
  • Not verified

    Base44 authentication flaw

    A platform-wide authentication flaw allowed access to private enterprise data.

    2025-01
    Read the incident

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Last updated September 20, 2026