How to use this reference
Model an owned workflow’s approval states, expiration and invalidation rules, and relate each transition to a server-side invariant.
Before reading
- Authentication versus operation authorization
- Basic application state-machine concepts
Context and limits
- Approval controls must match the application’s risk and workflow. This reference does not prescribe financial or legal policy.
Related visual models
Approval stays attached to the reviewed version
Editorial conceptual model derived from the linked cases and official guidance; not a vendor architecture diagram or an exploitation sequence.
Reviewed 2026-10-02Read
Sources and provenance
- Transaction Authorization Cheat Sheet OWASP Cheat Sheet Series · reviewed 2026-10-02
Record reviewed 2026-10-02. Snapshot 53796974ace8. Open the complete JSON contract.