Code reviewMediumcr-p071

Subject SecurityLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Security interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this access check.

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Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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Code to reviewpython

1def delete_account(user, target_id):2    assert user.is_admin, 'not authorized'3    db.delete(target_id)

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