技能 编程开发 基于STRIDE的威胁模型分析

基于STRIDE的威胁模型分析

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security-threat-model
该技能使用STRIDE框架为任何服务或功能生成完整的结构化威胁模型。它引导用户识别关键资产、定义信任边界,枚举特定的威胁(包括伪造、篡改、拒绝、信息泄露、拒绝服务、权限提升),评估风险,并提出具体的缓解措施。适用于安全设计评审和文档撰写。
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Security Threat Model Skill

Produce a complete STRIDE-based threat model for a service or feature. A threat model is not a list of things that could go wrong — it is a structured analysis of attackers, assets, boundaries, and controls that lets an engineering team make informed, documented security decisions.

A good threat model is specific enough that a new engineer can understand what is being protected, why each control exists, and what risk the team has accepted.

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not already provided:

  • Service name and description — what the service does, who uses it
  • Architecture overview — components, dependencies, data flows (a diagram description or ASCII diagram is fine)
  • Deployment environment — cloud provider, VPC/network topology, where it runs (Kubernetes, ECS, VMs, serverless)
  • Data sensitivity — what data does this service handle? PII, payment data, credentials, internal-only?
  • Existing controls — authentication method, encryption in transit/at rest, current WAF/firewall, existing security scanning
  • Trust levels — who are the principals? (anonymous public, authenticated users, internal services, admins)

Output Format


Security Threat Model: [Service Name]

Service: [Name] | Team: [Team name] Author: [Name] | Reviewed by: [Security lead / peer] Date: [Date] | Next review: [Date — recommend 6 months or after major architecture change] Classification: [Internal / Confidential]


1. Overview

[2–3 sentences describing the service, its role in the system, and the scope of this threat model. State what is in scope and what is explicitly out of scope.]

In scope:

  • [Component or data flow]
  • [Component or data flow]

Out of scope:

  • [e.g. Third-party payment processor internals]
  • [e.g. Corporate network / end-user devices]

2. Asset Register

Assets are the things worth protecting — data, capabilities, and reputational value.

Asset Description Sensitivity Owner
[e.g. User PII] Names, email addresses, profile data High — GDPR-regulated [Team]
[e.g. API credentials] Service-to-service auth tokens Critical [Team]
[e.g. Session tokens] User authentication state High [Team]
[e.g. Audit logs] Record of user and admin actions Medium [Team]
[e.g. Service availability] Uptime of the [X] endpoint Medium [Team]

Data classification key:

  • Critical — Credential material; exposure enables direct system compromise
  • High — PII, financial data, health data; regulated or high reputational impact
  • Medium — Internal configuration, non-sensitive business data
  • Low — Public information, anonymised data

3. Trust Boundaries and Architecture

Trust boundaries are the lines that separate zones with different trust levels. Threats often occur when data or requests cross a boundary.

  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  INTERNET (Untrusted)                                           │
  │                                                                 │
  │   [Public User]          [Bot / Attacker]                       │
  └──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
                                 │ HTTPS
                    ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─│─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─
                    Trust Boundary: Public → DMZ
                    ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─│─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─
                                 ▼
  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  DMZ / Edge Layer                                                │
  │   ┌────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐                           │
  │   │  WAF / CDN │────▶│  API Gateway │                           │
  │   └────────────┘     └──────┬───────┘                           │
  └──────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┘
                    ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─│─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─
                    Trust Boundary: Edge → Application VPC
                    ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─│─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─
                                 ▼
  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  Application VPC (Private)                                       │
  │   ┌──────────────┐     ┌────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐  │
  │   │  [Service A] │────▶│ [Service B]│────▶│  [Database]      │  │
  │   └──────────────┘     └────────────┘     └──────────────────┘  │
  │                                ▲                                  │
  │                                │                                  │
  │   ┌──────────────┐             │                                  │
  │   │  Admin (IAM) │─────────────┘                                 │
  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Trust Boundaries identified:

Boundary From To Auth mechanism Encrypted
TB-1 Public internet API Gateway [JWT / OAuth / API key] TLS 1.2+
TB-2 API Gateway Service A [mTLS / internal JWT / IAM role] [Yes/No]
TB-3 Service A Database [Connection string + IAM / username+password] [Yes/No]
TB-4 Admin Service B [IAM role / VPN + MFA] TLS

4. STRIDE Threat Analysis

STRIDE is a threat classification framework. For each significant component, enumerate threats in each category.

STRIDE key:

  • S — Spoofing: Impersonating another user, service, or system
  • T — Tampering: Modifying data or code without authorisation
  • R — Repudiation: Denying an action occurred; insufficient audit trail
  • I — Information Disclosure: Exposing data to unauthorised parties
  • D — Denial of Service: Making the service unavailable
  • E — Elevation of Privilege: Gaining capabilities beyond what is authorised

Component: [API Gateway / Auth Layer]

ID Category Threat Attack vector Existing control
T-001 S Attacker forges a JWT token to authenticate as another user Weak signing key or algorithm confusion (alg:none) [e.g. RS256 with key rotation / none]
T-002 S Attacker replays a stolen session token Theft via XSS or network sniff [e.g. Token expiry + refresh rotation]
T-003 T Attacker modifies request headers to bypass tenant isolation Missing validation of tenant ID header [e.g. Server-side tenant resolution / none]
T-004 R No audit trail for admin authentication events Logging not configured for auth failures [e.g. CloudTrail enabled / none]
T-005 I Auth error messages reveal whether an email exists Verbose error responses [e.g. Normalised error responses / none]
T-006 D Credential stuffing exhausts rate limits and blocks legitimate users Automated login attempts [e.g. Rate limiting per IP + CAPTCHA / none]
T-007 E Compromised low-privilege token used to call admin endpoint Missing role check on admin routes [e.g. RBAC middleware on all routes / none]

Component: [Application Service / Business Logic]

ID Category Threat Attack vector Existing control
T-008 T SQL/NoSQL injection via unsanitised user input Unparameterised queries [e.g. ORM with parameterised queries / none]
T-009 T Mass assignment — attacker sets fields they should not (e.g. isAdmin: true) API accepts extra fields without allowlist [e.g. Input validation / none]
T-010 I Insecure direct object reference — user accesses another user's resource Missing ownership check on resource ID [e.g. Ownership middleware / none]
T-011 I Sensitive data in application logs (PII, tokens) Over-logging in debug mode [e.g. Log scrubbing / none]
T-012 D Unprotected expensive endpoint triggers large DB scan No pagination or query cost limit [e.g. Pagination enforced / none]
T-013 R Business-critical state changes not logged No audit event on [operation] [e.g. Audit log table / none]

Component: [Database]

ID Category Threat Attack vector Existing control
T-014 I Database exposed to internet (misconfigured security group) Direct connection from outside VPC [e.g. No public IP, security group restricts to app subnet]
T-015 I Backup snapshots not encrypted or accessible to wrong accounts Unencrypted snapshot, public S3 [e.g. Encrypted snapshots, private S3 bucket]
T-016 T Privilege escalation via DB account with excessive permissions App uses a superuser DB account [e.g. Least-privilege DB role per service / none]
T-017 D Runaway query or bulk delete causes data loss or outage No query timeout or soft-delete [e.g. Statement timeout, soft-delete on critical tables / none]

Component: [Internal Service-to-Service Communication]

ID Category Threat Attack vector Existing control
T-018 S Rogue internal service impersonates a trusted service No mutual authentication between services [e.g. mTLS / service mesh / none]
T-019 I Internal traffic sniffed on shared network Unencrypted service-to-service calls [e.g. Service mesh with TLS / none]
T-020 E Compromised internal service calls privileged endpoints No scoping on internal tokens [e.g. Scoped service tokens / none]

5. Risk Register

Score each threat: Likelihood (1–5) × Impact (1–5) = Risk Score (1–25)

Priority bands: Critical (20–25) | High (12–19) | Medium (6–11) | Low (1–5)

ID Threat summary Likelihood Impact Score Priority Status
T-001 JWT forgery — auth bypass 2 5 10 Medium [Open / Mitigated / Accepted]
T-002 Session token replay 3 4 12 High [Open / Mitigated / Accepted]
T-007 Privilege escalation via missing role check 3 5 15 High [Open / Mitigated / Accepted]
T-008 SQL injection 2 5 10 Medium [Open / Mitigated / Accepted]
T-010 IDOR — cross-user data access 3 4 12 High [Open / Mitigated / Accepted]
T-014 Database exposed to internet 1 5 5 Low [Open / Mitigated / Accepted]
T-018 Rogue internal service impersonation 2 4 8 Medium [Open / Mitigated / Accepted]

6. Mitigations Table

For every Open threat with priority Medium or above, define a specific mitigation.

ID Threat Mitigation Owner Target date Ticket
T-002 Session token replay Implement token rotation on refresh — invalidate old token server-side immediately [Engineer name] [Date] [JIRA-123]
T-007 Privilege escalation Add RBAC middleware to all /admin/* routes; write integration test for role boundary [Engineer name] [Date] [JIRA-124]
T-010 IDOR Add ownership assertion to all resource-fetching service methods; add to code review checklist [Engineer name] [Date] [JIRA-125]
T-011 PII in logs Audit logging calls for PII fields; add scrubbing to logger middleware [Engineer name] [Date] [JIRA-126]
T-018 Rogue service impersonation Enable mTLS via service mesh or issue scoped service tokens per service [Engineer name] [Date] [JIRA-127]

7. Accepted Risks

Accepted risks are threats the team has decided not to mitigate right now. Every accepted risk must have a named owner and a review date.

ID Threat Reason for acceptance Risk owner Review date
T-014 Database public exposure Database has no public IP assigned; control already in place — accepted as low likelihood [Name] [Date]
[ID] [Threat] [Reason — e.g. "Effort exceeds risk at current scale; re-evaluate at 10× traffic"] [Name] [Date]

8. Security Controls Summary

Control Type Covers threats Implemented
JWT RS256 with 15-min expiry Preventive T-001, T-002 [Yes / Partial / No]
RBAC middleware on all routes Preventive T-007, T-020 [Yes / Partial / No]
Parameterised queries (ORM) Preventive T-008 [Yes / Partial / No]
Rate limiting (100 req/min per IP) Preventive T-006, T-012 [Yes / Partial / No]
CloudTrail / audit logging Detective T-004, T-013 [Yes / Partial / No]
Automated SAST in CI pipeline Detective T-008, T-009 [Yes / Partial / No]
Encrypted backups + private S3 Preventive T-015 [Yes / Partial / No]
Least-privilege DB role Preventive T-016 [Yes / Partial / No]
Incident response runbook Corrective All [Yes / Partial / No]

9. Review Cadence

Trigger Action
Every 6 months Full threat model review — update risk scores, close mitigated items
Major architecture change Update trust boundary diagram and re-run STRIDE for new components
Security incident Review relevant threats; add any newly discovered vectors
New data classification Add assets to register; assess whether new STRIDE categories apply
Third-party dependency added Assess supply chain threats for the new dependency

Next scheduled review: [Date] Review owner: [Name / Security lead]


Quality Checks

  • Every trust boundary is named and its authentication mechanism is specified — not left as "TBD"
  • Every Critical and High risk in the risk register has a mitigation with a named owner and a target date
  • Every accepted risk has a named risk owner and a review date — no unowned accepted risks
  • The asset register includes data sensitivity levels and at least one entry for credential material
  • STRIDE analysis covers all major components — not just the API layer
  • Mitigation actions are specific enough to become a ticket (not "improve security")
  • The ASCII trust boundary diagram matches the architecture description provided

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not restrict STRIDE analysis to only the API layer — threats exist at every component including the database and internal services
  • Do not leave mitigations as vague directives like "improve security" — every mitigation must be specific enough to become a ticket
  • Do not accept risks without a named owner and a review date — unowned accepted risks are not managed risks
  • Do not write a threat model that covers only theoretical threats — prioritise by likelihood and impact using the risk register
  • Do not omit the asset register — without knowing what is being protected, the STRIDE analysis has no anchor
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Category 编程开发
Name security-threat-model
版本 v20260618
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更新时间 2026-06-19
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