Webhook security
Verifying that incoming webhooks are genuinely from the expected source. Best practice: validate the webhook signature (a hash of the payload signed with your secret key). Skipping this allows malicious actors to trigger your automations.
Expert insight
An unsecured webhook endpoint is an open door anyone who finds the URL can trigger your automation with arbitrary data.
In a real workflow
Each incoming Stripe webhook’s signature is checked with the signing secret before it is processed.
Common mistakes
- Accepting any request that reaches the URL.
- Logging secrets used to verify signatures.
Complexity level
Technical term used in production automation systems.
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