django-security
Django security best practices, authentication, authorization, CSRF protection, SQL injection prevention, XSS prevention, and secure deployment configurations. Use when reviewing Django authentication, authorization, input handling, or deployment settings.
- Kind
- Skill
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex
- Languages
- Python, SQL
- Source
- affaan-m/ECC @ d3b8a3e90890
- Path
- skills/django-security/SKILL.md
- License
- MIT
- Jobs
- Guardrails, Review
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# Django Security Best Practices
Comprehensive security guidelines for Django applications to protect against common vulnerabilities.
## When to Activate
- Setting up Django authentication and authorization
- Implementing user permissions and roles
- Configuring production security settings
- Reviewing Django application for security issues
- Deploying Django applications to production
## Core Security Settings
### Production Settings Configuration
```python
# settings/production.py
import os
DEBUG = False # CRITICAL: Never use True in production
ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get('ALLOWED_HOSTS', '').split(',')
# Security headers
SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 31536000 # 1 year
SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = True
SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = True
SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = True
SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
X_FRAME_OPTIONS = 'DENY'
# HTTPS and Cookies
SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE = 'Lax'
CSRF_COOKIE_SAMESITE = 'Lax'
# Secret key (must be set via environment variable)
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY')
if not SECRET_KEY:
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