Email: [email protected]

DO NOT report security vulnerabilities through public GitHub issues.

When reporting a security vulnerability, please include:

1. Description: Clear description of the vulnerability
2. Impact: Potential impact and attack scenarios
3. Reproduction: Step-by-step reproduction instructions
4. Proof of Concept: Code or commands that demonstrate the issue
5. Suggested Fix: If you have ideas for remediation

• Private key compromise or extraction
• Signature forgery vulnerabilities
• Remote code execution
• Complete bypass of cryptographic protections

• Information disclosure of sensitive data
• Denial of service affecting availability
• Privilege escalation
• Side-channel attacks with practical exploitation

• Limited information disclosure
• Timing attacks requiring significant resources
• Input validation bypasses
• Configuration vulnerabilities

• Minor information leaks
• Theoretical attacks with high complexity
• Documentation or example vulnerabilities

• Daily: Automated cargo audit checks in CI
• Weekly: Manual review of security advisories
• Monthly: Comprehensive dependency updates

• pqcrypto-dilithium: NIST-standardized implementation
• rand: Cryptographically secure randomness
• zeroize: Secure memory clearing
• subtle: Constant-time operations
• solana-program: Blockchain integration

1. Assessment: Evaluate security impact
2. Testing: Validate in isolated environment
3. Integration: Test with full test suite
4. Deployment: Staged rollout with monitoring

• Static Analysis: clippy with security lints
• Dependency Scanning: cargo audit
• Fuzzing: cargo fuzz with libFuzzer
• Side-Channel Analysis: Custom dudect implementation
• Memory Safety: Miri and AddressSanitizer

• Weekly: Extended fuzzing runs (24+ hours)
• Monthly: Performance regression testing
• Quarterly: Third-party security assessment

1. Immediate Response: Within 24 hours
2. Patch Development: Within 72 hours
3. Testing: Accelerated but thorough
4. Deployment: Coordinated release
5. Notification: Security advisory

1. Scheduled Review: Monthly security meetings
2. Batch Processing: Group related fixes
3. Standard Testing: Full test suite
4. Regular Release: Next scheduled version

• Automated monitoring and alerting
• Community reports via security email
• Internal security testing discoveries
• Third-party security research

• Security Lead: Primary coordinator
• Cryptography Expert: Technical analysis
• Solana Specialist: Blockchain-specific issues
• Communications: Public disclosure coordination

1. Containment: Immediate threat mitigation
2. Analysis: Root cause investigation
3. Remediation: Patch development and testing
4. Recovery: Deployment and verification
5. Lessons Learned: Process improvement

• Quantum attacks (Shor's, Grover's algorithms)
• Classical cryptographic attacks
• Implementation vulnerabilities
• Side-channel attacks (timing, power)
• Memory-based attacks
• Network-based attacks
• Solana-specific attack vectors

• Physical access to hardware
• Social engineering attacks
• Attacks on underlying OS/hardware
• Attacks on Solana network consensus
• Regulatory or compliance issues

• NIST FIPS 204 compliant Dilithium implementation
• Cryptographically secure randomness (OsRng)
• Constant-time operations for side-channel resistance
• Proper key derivation (HKDF-SHA256)
• Secure memory management with zeroization

• Memory-safe Rust implementation
• Comprehensive input validation
• Proper error handling without information leakage
• Extensive automated testing
• Static analysis and fuzzing

• Secure development lifecycle
• Code review requirements
• Automated security testing
• Dependency vulnerability monitoring
• Incident response procedures

• NIST FIPS 204: CRYSTALS-Dilithium standard
• NIST SP 800-90A/B/C: Random number generation
• RFC 5869: HKDF key derivation
• NIST SP 800-57: Key management practices

• Annual third-party security audit
• Quarterly internal security reviews
• Continuous automated testing
• Compliance documentation maintenance

• Security architecture documentation
• Threat model and risk assessment
• Security testing procedures
• Incident response playbooks

We encourage security research and responsible disclosure:

1. Coordination: Work with our security team
2. Timeline: Allow reasonable time for fixes
3. Scope: Focus on in-scope vulnerabilities
4. Ethics: Follow responsible disclosure practices

We are evaluating a bug bounty program for:

• Critical and high severity vulnerabilities
• Novel attack vectors or techniques
• Significant security improvements

We welcome collaboration with:

• Post-quantum cryptography researchers
• Blockchain security experts
• Side-channel analysis specialists
• Formal verification researchers

• Security team contact: [email protected]
• Security documentation: /docs/security.md
• Security testing: /.github/workflows/security.yml
• Vulnerability database: Internal tracking system

• NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography
• Solana Security Best Practices
• OWASP Cryptographic Storage Cheat Sheet
• Side-Channel Analysis Resources

Last Updated: 2025-09-26
Next Review: 2025-12-26
Version: 2.0