Lexicon

Ad-Hoc Permission Checks

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Security Core

Record: lexicon:ad-hoc-permission-checks

Canonical: Lexicon

Authorization logic scattered inline throughout the codebase instead of centralized, leaving checks inconsistent and easy to omit.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Schema Registry and before Ambient-Credential Trust.

Category

  • Security Privacy Compliance

Negated by

  • Role-Based Access Control

Linked from

  • Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance