Security Analysis

Is Railway Safe?

An honest security analysis of Railway for developers considering it for their projects.

Quick Answer

Safe - manage secrets properly

Railway is safe for production deployments. Its simplicity is a strength, but ensure proper secrets management and network configuration.

Security Assessment

Security Strengths

  • Automatic HTTPS
  • Private networking options
  • Secrets management
  • Database encryption

Security Concerns

  • Container configuration responsibility
  • Database connection security
  • Public networking defaults
  • Secrets rotation considerations

Security Checklist for Railway

  • 1
    Use Railway secrets for credentials
  • 2
    Configure private networking when needed
  • 3
    Secure database connections
  • 4
    Review container configurations
  • 5
    Set up proper access controls
  • 6
    Scan deployed applications

The Verdict

Railway provides a secure platform with good defaults. Use secrets management and private networking for sensitive applications.

Security Research & Industry Data

Understanding Railway security in the context of broader industry trends and research.

10.3%

of Lovable applications (170 out of 1,645) had exposed user data in the CVE-2025-48757 incident

Source: CVE-2025-48757 security advisory

4.45 million USD

average cost of a data breach in 2023

Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023

500,000+

developers using vibe coding platforms like Lovable, Bolt, and Replit

Source: Combined platform statistics 2024-2025

What Security Experts Say

There's a new kind of coding I call 'vibe coding', where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists.

Andrej KarpathyFormer Tesla AI Director, OpenAI Co-founder

Vibe coding your way to a production codebase is clearly risky. Most of the work we do as software engineers involves evolving existing systems, where the quality and understandability of the underlying code is crucial.

Simon WillisonSecurity Researcher, Django Co-creator

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