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Webhook Signature Validation

Webhook signature validation is the practice of verifying a cryptographic signature attached to each webhook, usually an HMAC computed with a shared secret, so the receiver can confirm the payload is authentic and unmodified.

Without it, anyone who discovers your endpoint URL can post fake events and trigger workflows as if they were the vendor.

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A practical example

Example: your endpoint receives a webhook claiming a payment succeeded; validating the HMAC signature against your shared secret confirms it genuinely came from the payment provider before enrolling the customer.

What to evaluate before investing

  • Ask whether the vendor signs every webhook and which algorithm and header format it uses
  • Test that your endpoint can reject requests with missing or invalid signatures and log the attempt
  • Confirm how signing secrets are rotated and whether multiple secrets are supported during rotation

Limitations and tradeoffs

Validation adds implementation work on every receiving endpoint, and teams frequently skip it in internal tools, leaving exactly the gap attackers probe first.

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