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Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive

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CRIT generic-api-key Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive… docs/config.rst:587
CRIT generic-api-key Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive… docs/config.rst:578
CRIT generic-api-key Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive… docs/config.rst:560
CRIT generic-api-key Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive… docs/config.rst:513
CRIT generic-api-key Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive… docs/config.rst:41
CRIT generic-api-key Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive… docs/tutorial/deploy.rst:73
HIGH SEC128 [SEC128] Async function without await — fire-and-forget Promise (AI mistake): Async call … examples/tutorial/flaskr/__init__.py:21
HIGH SEC135 [SEC135] Auth/permission check missing on AI-generated endpoint: Mutating HTTP endpoint g… examples/javascript/js_example/views.py:14
HIGH MINED108 `self.from_pyfile` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/config.py:124
HIGH MINED108 `self.files` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/wrappers.py:206
HIGH MINED108 `self.mimetype` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/wrappers.py:205
HIGH MINED108 `self.blueprint` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/wrappers.py:190
HIGH MINED108 `self.endpoint` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/wrappers.py:173
HIGH MINED108 `self._copy_environ` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:220
HIGH MINED108 `self._copy_environ` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:225
HIGH MINED108 `self._copy_environ` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:216
HIGH MINED108 `self._request_from_builder_args` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:228
HIGH MINED108 `self._copy_environ` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:196
HIGH MINED108 `self._update_cookies_from_response` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:179
HIGH MINED108 `self._add_cookies_to_wsgi` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:162
HIGH MINED108 `self._cookies` used but never assigned in __init__ src/flask/testing.py:155
HIGH MINED108 `self.run` used but never assigned in __init__ examples/celery/src/task_app/__init__.py:33
HIGH MINED106 Phantom test coverage: test_apps tests/conftest.py:72
HIGH PYSEC-2026-161 starlette: PYSEC-2026-161 uv.lock
HIGH GHSA-2g68-c3qc-8985 werkzeug: GHSA-2g68-c3qc-8985 examples/celery/requirements.txt
HIGH PYSEC-2023-221 werkzeug: PYSEC-2023-221 examples/celery/requirements.txt
HIGH MINED112 FastAPI POST /process has no auth examples/celery/src/task_app/views.py:36
HIGH MINED112 FastAPI POST /block has no auth examples/celery/src/task_app/views.py:30
HIGH MINED112 FastAPI POST /add has no auth examples/celery/src/task_app/views.py:22
MED MINED111 Bare except continues silently src/flask/cli.py:650
MED MINED111 Bare except continues silently src/flask/cli.py:956
MED MINED111 Bare except continues silently src/flask/app.py:1598
MED MINED111 Bare except continues silently src/flask/app.py:1017
MED COMP001 [COMP001] High cognitive complexity: Function `explain_template_loading_attempts` has cog… src/flask/debughelpers.py:124
MED COMP001 [COMP001] High cognitive complexity: Function `_dump_loader_info` has cognitive complexit… src/flask/debughelpers.py:107
MED AUC001 [AUC001] No Repobility access matrix policy found: The repository uses web/API frameworks… —
MED DEPCUR-PY Python package `werkzeug` is 1 major version(s) behind (2.3.3 -> 3.1.8) examples/celery/requirements.txt:57
MED DEPCUR-PY Python package `redis` is 4 major version(s) behind (4.5.4 -> 8.0.0) examples/celery/requirements.txt:46
MED DEPCUR-PY Python package `pytz` is 3 major version(s) behind (2023.3 -> 2026.2) examples/celery/requirements.txt:44
MED DEPCUR-PY Python package `markupsafe` is 1 major version(s) behind (2.1.2 -> 3.0.3) examples/celery/requirements.txt:38
MED DEPCUR-PY Python package `flask` is 1 major version(s) behind (2.3.2 -> 3.1.3) examples/celery/requirements.txt:30
MED DEPCUR-PY Python package `billiard` is 1 major version(s) behind (3.6.4.0 -> 4.2.4) examples/celery/requirements.txt:11
MED DEPCUR-PY Python package `async-timeout` is 1 major version(s) behind (4.0.2 -> 5.0.1) examples/celery/requirements.txt:9
MED GHSA-q34m-jh98-gwm2 werkzeug: GHSA-q34m-jh98-gwm2 examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-hgf8-39gv-g3f2 werkzeug: GHSA-hgf8-39gv-g3f2 examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-f9vj-2wh5-fj8j werkzeug: GHSA-f9vj-2wh5-fj8j examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-87hc-h4r5-73f7 werkzeug: GHSA-87hc-h4r5-73f7 examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-29vq-49wr-vm6x werkzeug: GHSA-29vq-49wr-vm6x examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-q2x7-8rv6-6q7h jinja2: GHSA-q2x7-8rv6-6q7h examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-h75v-3vvj-5mfj jinja2: GHSA-h75v-3vvj-5mfj examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-h5c8-rqwp-cp95 jinja2: GHSA-h5c8-rqwp-cp95 examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-gmj6-6f8f-6699 jinja2: GHSA-gmj6-6f8f-6699 examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED GHSA-cpwx-vrp4-4pq7 jinja2: GHSA-cpwx-vrp4-4pq7 examples/celery/requirements.txt
MED WEB003 Public web service has no security.txt .well-known/security.txt
MED AUC002 [AUC002] Low visible authorization coverage in route inventory: Only 20.0% of discovered … —
LOW COMP001 [COMP001] High cognitive complexity: Function `register` has cognitive complexity 10 (Son… examples/tutorial/flaskr/auth.py:47
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `wcwidth` is minor version(s) behind (0.2.6 -> 0.7.0) examples/celery/requirements.txt:55
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `vine` is minor version(s) behind (5.0.0 -> 5.1.0) examples/celery/requirements.txt:50
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `six` is minor version(s) behind (1.16.0 -> 1.17.0) examples/celery/requirements.txt:48
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `kombu` is minor version(s) behind (5.2.4 -> 5.6.2) examples/celery/requirements.txt:36
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `itsdangerous` is minor version(s) behind (2.1.2 -> 2.2.0) examples/celery/requirements.txt:32
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `click-repl` is minor version(s) behind (0.2.0 -> 0.3.0) examples/celery/requirements.txt:28
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `click` is minor version(s) behind (8.1.3 -> 8.4.1) examples/celery/requirements.txt:17
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `celery` is minor version(s) behind (5.2.7 -> 5.6.3) examples/celery/requirements.txt:15
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `blinker` is minor version(s) behind (1.6.2 -> 1.9.0) examples/celery/requirements.txt:13
LOW DEPCUR-PY Python package `amqp` is minor version(s) behind (5.1.1 -> 5.3.1) examples/celery/requirements.txt:7
LOW GHSA-68rp-wp8r-4726 flask: GHSA-68rp-wp8r-4726 examples/celery/requirements.txt
INFO MINED050 [MINED050] Stub Only Function: Function declared but body is just pass, return None, rais… src/flask/views.py:83
INFO MINED050 [MINED050] Stub Only Function: Function declared but body is just pass, return None, rais… src/flask/json/tag.py:75
INFO MINED050 [MINED050] Stub Only Function: Function declared but body is just pass, return None, rais… src/flask/json/provider.py:47
INFO MINED055 [MINED055] Npm Install No Lockfile: Production image runs npm install (resolves new versi… .devcontainer/on-create-command.sh:5
INFO DEPCUR-PY Python package `prompt-toolkit` is patch version(s) behind (3.0.38 -> 3.0.52) examples/celery/requirements.txt:42
INFO DEPCUR-PY Python package `jinja2` is patch version(s) behind (3.1.2 -> 3.1.6) examples/celery/requirements.txt:34
INFO DEPCUR-PY Python package `click-didyoumean` is patch version(s) behind (0.3.0 -> 0.3.1) examples/celery/requirements.txt:24
Reset to top 5 74 findings available (after auto-suppression of test files + won't-fix)

Issue body (markdown)

## Code-quality scan: `pallets/flask`

**Score: 72/100 (B+)**  ·  112 findings  ·  scanned 2026-06-04 21:59 UTC  ·  18,337 LOC

| Severity | Count |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | 6 |
| HIGH | 23 |
| MEDIUM | 26 |
| LOW | 12 |

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### Top findings

1. **CRITICAL** `generic-api-key` — Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive 
   `docs/config.rst:587`
2. **CRITICAL** `generic-api-key` — Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive 
   `docs/config.rst:578`
3. **CRITICAL** `generic-api-key` — Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive 
   `docs/config.rst:560`
4. **CRITICAL** `generic-api-key` — Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive 
   `docs/config.rst:513`
5. **CRITICAL** `generic-api-key` — Detected a Generic API Key, potentially exposing access to various services and sensitive 
   `docs/config.rst:41`

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