Pre-release audit fixes:
- External Administrators can only act on investors already in their own funds
(grant_access, create_statement, set_partner_exited, import match), closing a
cross-fund account-takeover chain.
- Role and is_active changes are gated: no self-escalation, non-approvers cannot
mint or alter approver accounts, and the Service Admin is protected.
- must_change_password is enforced server-side, not just in the client.
- Session cookie is Secure with a 12h max-age and SameSite; CSP and standard
security headers on every response; the app refuses to boot on a known or short
session secret; uvicorn runs with proxy-headers so login throttling keys on the
real client IP behind the platform proxy.
- Import preview no longer confirms cross-fund investors; no-store on document
downloads.
- Adds backend/tests/test_security_hardening.py (15 tests); full suite 76 passing.
- SECURITY-AUDIT.md records the swarm audit, findings, and remediation status.
Jonathan Kirkwood
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