backend/app/middleware/security_headers.py

from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
from starlette.requests import Request
from starlette.responses import Response


class SecurityHeadersMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next) -> Response:
        response = await call_next(request)
        response.headers["X-Content-Type-Options"] = "nosniff"
        response.headers["X-Frame-Options"] = "DENY"
        response.headers["X-XSS-Protection"] = "1; mode=block"
        response.headers["Strict-Transport-Security"] = "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"
        response.headers["Referrer-Policy"] = "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
        return response