Bubble.io Security Best Practices: How to Build a Secure App From Day One
Security in a Bubble.io application is not a feature you add at the end — it is a set of architectural decisions you make at the start. The specific configurations, privacy rule patterns, and workflow safeguards that prevent the most common security failures in Bubble.io applications.
What Bubble.io Provides and What You Must Configure
Bubble.io’s managed infrastructure provides a strong security foundation without additional configuration: all traffic is served over HTTPS with TLS encryption; data is encrypted at rest on AWS infrastructure; the platform is protected against common web vulnerabilities by Bubble.io’s abstraction layer; and daily automated backups are included on paid plans. What Bubble.io does not provide automatically — and what must be configured by the application builder — is application-level access control: the privacy rules that determine which users can see which records, and the role-based access logic that determines which users can perform which actions.
Non-Negotiable Items Before Launch
1. Configure privacy rules for every data type
Privacy rules are Bubble.io’s primary mechanism for enforcing data access control. The minimum privacy rule for any data type in a multi-tenant application: this data type is visible when its account field matches the current user’s active account. Configure privacy rules before building any workflows that reference the data type.
2. Restrict API Workflow access appropriately
Bubble.io’s API Workflows default to requiring authentication. Never enable ‘This workflow can be run without authentication’ unless the specific workflow is designed to handle unauthenticated requests (such as a webhook receiver). An API Workflow with authentication disabled is accessible to any HTTP request from anywhere on the internet.
3. Validate all user inputs in workflows
Bubble.io does not automatically validate user input before it is processed by workflows or stored in the database. Add input validation steps to every workflow that creates or updates a record: check that required fields are not empty; check that number fields contain numbers within the expected range; check that email fields contain a valid email format.
4. Use Bubble.io’s encrypted field type for sensitive data
Bubble.io provides an encrypted field type that stores data encrypted at the field level. Use encrypted fields for government ID numbers, financial account numbers, health information, and any other data that would be especially sensitive if exposed.
5. Implement rate limiting on authentication endpoints
Add rate limiting to the login page: count failed login attempts within a rolling time window and lock the account or add a delay after a defined number of failures. Bubble.io’s built-in rate limiting feature (in the application settings) provides basic protection.
6. Test cross-tenant data access with multiple test accounts
Create test accounts for two different organisations and systematically attempt to access one organisation’s data while logged in as a user of the other. Any successful cross-tenant data access is a critical security failure that must be resolved before the application goes live.
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Q: Does Bubble.io provide a vulnerability disclosure or bug bounty programme?
Yes — Bubble.io has a responsible disclosure process for security vulnerabilities in the Bubble.io platform itself. Security issues in individual Bubble.io applications are the responsibility of the application builder. SA provides security audits for Bubble.io applications as a standalone service; contact SA via the free audit link to discuss an application security review.
Q: How do I handle password reset securely in Bubble.io?
Bubble.io’s built-in Send password reset email workflow action sends a secure, time-limited password reset link to the user’s registered email address. This is the correct approach; do not build a custom password reset flow that sends the password itself via email. The reset link is handled entirely by Bubble.io’s authentication system and cannot be reused after a single use.
Q: Should I store API keys and secrets in Bubble.io’s option sets or in workflow parameters?
Neither. API keys and secrets for external services should be stored in Bubble.io’s API Connector authentication settings, not in option sets (which are visible in the application’s front-end code) or in workflow parameters (which may be logged). The API Connector’s authentication configuration is server-side only and is not exposed to client-side application code.
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