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JD-5: Technical Analysis of Credit Validation Security Patterns

Summary

This PR adds a technical analysis document that examines credit validation implementations in two Java banking repositories (COG-GTM/Springboot-BankApp and parkerduff/Banking-Project-Spring-Boot-JPA-REST-API-) to provide context and recommendations for fixing the COBOL credit limit validation vulnerability described in ticket JD-5.

The analysis documents how the Java implementations avoid the COBOL vulnerability by:

  • Using actual persisted balances instead of cycle-to-date calculations
  • Validating before transaction processing (pre-validation pattern)
  • Using @Transactional for atomic operations
  • Storing balance as a single source of truth

The document provides specific recommendations for the COBOL fix, including corrected validation formulas and implementation patterns.

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

  • Verify that the Java code snippets cited in the document accurately reflect the actual source code in both repositories (BankService.java lines 62-86, 94-107 in parkerduff repo; AccountService.java lines 64-78, 103-135 in COG-GTM repo)
  • Review the COBOL fix recommendations (Section 3) with someone who has COBOL/CICS expertise to confirm the suggested patterns are feasible and appropriate
  • Confirm the analysis adequately addresses the original JD-5 ticket requirements for comparative analysis and actionable recommendations

Notes

This is a documentation-only PR with no functional code changes. The analysis is based on examination of existing code in the two banking repositories.

Ticket: JD-5

Link to Devin run: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/454bea3b998c4d33b6bdcc8916d5cd21

Requested by: Joao Esteves (@joao-cognition)

This document provides a comparative analysis of credit validation
implementations in Java banking applications to inform the remediation
of the COBOL credit limit validation flaw.

Key findings:
- Java implementations use actual current balance for validation
- Validation occurs before transaction processing (pre-validation)
- @transactional ensures atomic operations
- BigDecimal used for financial precision

Recommendations for COBOL fix:
- Replace cycle-based calculation with actual balance retrieval
- Move validation before balance modification
- Implement atomic transaction processing
- Add proper audit trails

Ticket: JD-5
Co-Authored-By: Joao Esteves <joao.esteves@cognition.ai>
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