Vibe coding changed how fast you can build. It did not change what happens when insecure code reaches production.
The threat model is the same. The attack surface is the same. The consequences are the same. What's different is that you're now shipping code you didn't write line by line — which means the usual gut-check you'd run on your own code doesn't apply the same way.
Here are the code checks every vibe coder should be running before they ship.
Secret scanning
AI models have a consistent bad habit: they inline credentials. API keys, database connection strings, JWT secrets, Stripe keys — they put them directly in the code because that's the fastest path to working code.
Run a secret scan every single time before you push. Not just before you launch — before every push. Secrets committed to git don't disappear when you delete them. They live in the history.
VibeCheck's static scanner runs Gitleaks under the hood specifically for this. It's the first thing we check.
Authentication checks
Missing auth on admin routes is one of the most common issues we see in vibe-coded apps. The AI builds the route, the AI builds the UI, but the middleware that protects the route quietly doesn't make it into the final output.
Check every route that touches user data, admin functions, or payment information. Verify the auth middleware is actually applied. Verify it's applied correctly — not just present, but enforced.
Dependency audit
You probably didn't choose every package in your package.json. The AI did. Some of those packages have known vulnerabilities. Some haven't been updated in years.
Run npm audit before launch. It takes 10 seconds and will tell you if you're shipping with known CVEs.
Input validation
AI-generated code trusts user input more than it should. SQL injection, XSS, path traversal — these all start with unvalidated input reaching parts of your code that shouldn't see it.
Check every place your app accepts user input. Verify it's validated before it touches a database query, a file system call, or an API request.
Error handling
This one is less about security and more about not embarrassing yourself. AI-generated code often has minimal error handling — it handles the happy path beautifully and falls apart quietly when something goes wrong.
Check what happens when your API is down. Check what happens when a user submits bad data. Check what happens when a payment fails. These are not edge cases. These are Tuesday.
The fastest way to run all of these
You could run each of these checks manually. Or you could paste your code into VibeCheck and get a score across all of them in under 10 seconds.
We're not replacing a full security audit. But for vibe coders who need a fast, honest read on their code before they ship — this is the check.
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