diff --git a/backend/app/cmd/backup.go b/backend/app/cmd/backup.go
index 2e0a066a..277e7f5b 100644
--- a/backend/app/cmd/backup.go
+++ b/backend/app/cmd/backup.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (ec *BackupCommand) Execute(_ []string) error {
 	req.SetBasicAuth("admin", ec.AdminPasswd)
 
 	// get with timeout
-	resp, err := client.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
+	resp, err := client.Do(req.WithContext(ctx)) //nolint:gosec // exportURL is built from operator-supplied CLI flags, not user input
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("request failed for %s: %w", exportURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/backend/app/cmd/cleanup.go b/backend/app/cmd/cleanup.go
index fba237ac..24415af3 100644
--- a/backend/app/cmd/cleanup.go
+++ b/backend/app/cmd/cleanup.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (cc *CleanupCommand) deleteComment(c store.Comment) error { //nolint:dupl /
 
 	client := http.Client{}
 	defer client.CloseIdleConnections()
-	r, err := client.Do(req)
+	r, err := client.Do(req) //nolint:gosec // RemarkURL comes from operator CLI flag, not user input
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("delete request failed for comment %s, %s: %w", c.ID, c.Locator.URL, err)
 	}
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (cc *CleanupCommand) setTitle(c store.Comment) error { //nolint:dupl // not
 
 	client := http.Client{}
 	defer client.CloseIdleConnections()
-	r, err := client.Do(req)
+	r, err := client.Do(req) //nolint:gosec // RemarkURL comes from operator CLI flag, not user input
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("title request failed for comment %s, %s: %w", c.ID, c.Locator.URL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/backend/app/rest/api/migrator.go b/backend/app/rest/api/migrator.go
index 32afb3b1..51f7875e 100644
--- a/backend/app/rest/api/migrator.go
+++ b/backend/app/rest/api/migrator.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (m *Migrator) remapCtrl(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 		defer func() {
-			if e = os.Remove(fh.Name()); e != nil {
+			if e = os.Remove(fh.Name()); e != nil { //nolint:gosec // fh.Name() is from os.CreateTemp, server-controlled
 				log.Printf("[WARN] failed to remove temp file %+v", e)
 			}
 		}()