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[S-04] Override status masks real authorization verdict — compliance reporting risk
- Dominant language
- C#
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- 3
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Description
## Summary
**Severity:** P2 — Compliance Reporting Risk
**Phase:** Phase 4 Remediation (API Contract Hardening)
**Audit Reference:** SPIN Agent Product Integrity Report, Phase 1
## Finding
The override status mechanism (S-04) replaces the displayed authorization status with the override value, masking the underlying compliance verdict. A system that is not authorized can appear authorized. The original verdict is not preserved or visible alongside the override indicator.
## Impact
- Compliance reports may inaccurately show systems as authorized
- Auditors and AOs cannot see the underlying verdict when an override is in effect
- Potential FedRAMP/DoD compliance finding if used in a live environment
- Violates audit trail requirements (no record of what was overridden)
## Required Behavior
Overrides should be displayed as an **annotation on top of** the underlying verdict, not as a replacement. Both values must be visible and the override must include: who applied it, when, and the justification.
## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Underlying authorization verdict is preserved in the database regardless of override
- [ ] UI displays both: underlying verdict AND override annotation
- [ ] Override record captures: actor, timestamp, justification, expiry
- [ ] E2E test: apply override → assert underlying verdict still queryable
- [ ] Compliance export uses underlying verdict (or flags override explicitly)
## Related
- #830 — AO Decision record (prerequisite for clean authorization state)
- #675 — Authorization export without AO Risk Acceptance Statement
- Audit artifact: SPIN Agent Product Integrity Report (Phase 1)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the S-04 override status mechanism across the authorization database, UI, and compliance export, using #830 as prerequisite context. Verify the existing end-to-end path for applying an override, then use the listed acceptance criteria to define completion: preserved and queryable verdicts, visible override metadata, expiry, and explicit export handling.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- authorization, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100