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Formalise Vulnerability Response Process

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Description

There's no documentation on the how we handle and respond to vulnerability reports.

This issue is to track creating formal documentation that clearly states end-to-end how a vulnerability report is to be handled.

References

OSSF's OSS Vulnerability Guide: https://github.com/ossf/oss-vulnerability-guide/blob/main/guide.md

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the referenced OSSF OSS Vulnerability Guide and inspecting this repository for any existing security-process material. Define the end-to-end handling and response steps described by the issue, then document the agreed process in the repository. Done means the vulnerability-report workflow is formally documented from receipt through resolution.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation, security
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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