ploughshares/final-report.md

Ploughshares Application Test and Deployment Report

Deployment Status

✅ Application successfully deployed

• Web application running at http://localhost:5001
• API documentation available at http://localhost:5001/api-docs
• Database connected and healthy

Test Results

Functionality Tests

✅ All tests passed

• Core imports verified
• API routes verified

Code Quality Tests

✅ All tests passed

• Python syntax valid
• No inappropriate print statements (in files other than app.py)

Dependency Tests

✅ All tests passed

• requirements.txt exists and is valid
• No known vulnerable package versions

Security Scan Results

Dependency Vulnerabilities (Safety)

✅ No vulnerabilities detected in dependencies

All dependencies have been updated to secure versions:

• Flask: 2.2.2 → 3.1.1
• psycopg2-binary: 2.9.3 → 2.9.9
• requests: 2.28.1 → 2.32.2
• gunicorn: 20.1.0 → 23.0.0
• Werkzeug: 2.3.7 → 3.1.0 (updated from 3.0.6 to resolve dependency conflict)
• Jinja2: 3.1.2 → 3.1.6
• itsdangerous: 2.1.2 → 2.2.0 (updated to resolve dependency conflict)

Code Security Issues (Bandit)

⚠️ 5 potential security issues detected

1. Hardcoded Password String (Severity: Low, Confidence: Medium)

   • Location: app.py:20
   • Issue: app.secret_key = 'supersecretkey'
   • CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password

2. Binding to All Interfaces (Severity: Medium, Confidence: Medium)

   • Location: app.py:220
   • Issue: app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=port)
   • CWE-605: Multiple Binds to the Same Port

3. Hardcoded Password in Function Argument (Severity: Low, Confidence: Medium)

   • Location: init_db.py:6-11
   • Issue: password="testpass" in database connection
   • CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password

4-5. Duplicate issues in app_fixed.py (backup file)

Recommendations

Immediate Actions

1. ✅ Update vulnerable dependencies - COMPLETED
2. Replace hardcoded secrets with environment variables
3. Restrict network binding in production environments

Long-term Improvements

1. Implement secret management solution
2. Add continuous security scanning in CI/CD pipeline
3. Establish dependency update policy

Next Steps

1. Run ./install-codechecks.sh to install all required code quality tools
2. Address remaining security findings by:
   • Moving secrets to environment variables
   • Limiting network binding in production
   • Removing hardcoded passwords in test scripts