Security · 1h ago
OAuth Bug in Side Project Led to Enterprise SSO Token Design
A developer discovered a Google OAuth bug in his side project that allowed citizens to access an admin dashboard due to cross-application session bleeding. He fixed it by scoping sessions to their origin and adding authorization layers. The same approach later informed the design of a secure cross-application authentication flow at his enterprise job.
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A cautionary tale that underscores how fundamental auth mistakes in small projects can scale into enterprise security insights.
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