We release patches for security vulnerabilities in the following versions:
| Version | Supported |
|---|---|
| 1.0.x | ✅ |
| 0.9.x | ✅ |
| < 0.9 | ❌ |
We take security bugs seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings, and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions.
Please do not report security vulnerabilities through public GitHub issues.
Instead, please report them via one of the following methods:
- Email: Send details to security@yourproject.com
- GitHub Security Advisories: Use GitHub's private vulnerability reporting feature
- Direct Message: Contact the maintainers privately through GitHub
When reporting a vulnerability, please include:
- Description: A clear description of the vulnerability
- Steps to Reproduce: Detailed steps to reproduce the issue
- Expected vs Actual Behavior: What you expected to happen vs what actually happened
- Environment: Operating system, browser, version numbers, etc.
- Potential Impact: How this vulnerability could be exploited
- Suggested Fix: If you have ideas on how to fix the issue
- Proof of Concept: If applicable, a minimal proof of concept
- Acknowledgment: We will acknowledge receipt of your vulnerability report within 48 hours
- Initial Assessment: We will provide an initial assessment within 5 business days
- Regular Updates: We will keep you informed of our progress throughout the process
- Resolution: We will work to resolve the issue and keep you updated on our progress
- Credit: We will credit you for your responsible disclosure (unless you prefer to remain anonymous)
- Critical vulnerabilities: We aim to patch within 24-48 hours
- High severity: We aim to patch within 1 week
- Medium severity: We aim to patch within 2 weeks
- Low severity: We aim to patch within 1 month
- Always keep your installation up to date
- Use strong, unique passwords
- Enable two-factor authentication where available
- Regularly review and audit your configuration
- Follow the principle of least privilege
- Monitor for unusual activity
- Keep backups of important data
- Follow secure coding practices
- Use dependency scanning tools
- Keep dependencies up to date
- Review code changes for security implications
- Use static analysis tools
- Follow the principle of least privilege in your code
- Sanitize all user inputs
- Use secure communication protocols
- Implement proper error handling
- Follow OWASP guidelines
- We do not store sensitive user data unnecessarily
- All data transmission is encrypted using TLS 1.2+
- Sensitive data is encrypted at rest
- We follow GDPR and other relevant privacy regulations
- Implement proper authentication mechanisms
- Use strong password policies
- Implement proper session management
- Follow OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect standards where applicable
- Use multi-factor authentication when possible
- Validate all user inputs on both client and server side
- Use parameterized queries to prevent SQL injection
- Sanitize HTML content to prevent XSS attacks
- Implement proper file upload validation
- Use content security policies
- Regularly audit and update dependencies
- Use tools like
npm audit,snyk, or similar - Remove unused dependencies
- Use dependency pinning where appropriate
- Monitor for known vulnerabilities in dependencies
- Dependency Scanning: Automated scanning of dependencies for known vulnerabilities
- Static Analysis: Code analysis for potential security issues
- Dynamic Analysis: Runtime security testing
- Container Scanning: Security scanning of Docker images
- Secret Scanning: Detection of accidentally committed secrets
- Regular penetration testing
- Automated security testing in CI/CD pipeline
- Code review processes with security focus
- Threat modeling for new features
- Detection: Monitor for security incidents
- Assessment: Quickly assess the severity and impact
- Containment: Take immediate steps to contain the incident
- Investigation: Thoroughly investigate the root cause
- Remediation: Fix the issue and implement preventive measures
- Communication: Notify affected users and stakeholders
- Recovery: Restore normal operations
- Lessons Learned: Document lessons learned and improve processes
- We will notify users of security incidents that may affect them
- We will provide clear, actionable information
- We will maintain transparency while protecting sensitive details
- We will coordinate with security researchers and the broader community
- Security Team: security@yourproject.com
- Project Maintainer: maintainer@yourproject.com
- Emergency Contact: emergency@yourproject.com
We would like to thank the following security researchers who have responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities:
- [List security researchers who have contributed]
By reporting a vulnerability, you agree that you will not access, modify, or destroy data that does not belong to you, and that you will not violate any laws or regulations in the course of your research.
This security policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify the community of any significant changes through our usual communication channels.
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