We release patches for security vulnerabilities. Currently supported versions:
| Version | Supported |
|---|---|
| 1.0.x | ✅ |
The Selkie.DefCon team takes security bugs seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings, and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions.
To report a security issue, please use the GitHub Security Advisory "Report a Vulnerability" tab.
The team will send a response indicating the next steps in handling your report. After the initial reply to your report, the security team will keep you informed of the progress towards a fix and full announcement, and may ask for additional information or guidance.
Please include the following information in your report:
- Type of issue (e.g. buffer overflow, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, etc.)
- Full paths of source file(s) related to the manifestation of the issue
- The location of the affected source code (tag/branch/commit or direct URL)
- Any special configuration required to reproduce the issue
- Step-by-step instructions to reproduce the issue
- Proof-of-concept or exploit code (if possible)
- Impact of the issue, including how an attacker might exploit the issue
This information will help us triage your report more quickly.
We prefer all communications to be in English.
- We will respond to your report within 3 business days with our evaluation of the report and an expected resolution date.
- If you have followed the instructions above, we will not take any legal action against you regarding the report.
- We will handle your report with strict confidentiality, and not pass on your personal details to third parties without your permission.
- We will keep you informed of the progress towards resolving the problem.
- In the public information concerning the problem reported, we will give your name as the discoverer of the problem (unless you desire otherwise).
- The security report is received and is assigned a primary handler. This person will coordinate the fix and release process.
- The problem is confirmed and a list of all affected versions is determined.
- Code is audited to find any potential similar problems.
- Fixes are prepared for all supported releases. These fixes are not committed to the public repository but rather held locally pending the announcement.
- A suggested embargo date for this vulnerability is chosen.
- On the embargo date, the changes are pushed to the public repository and new builds are deployed.
If you have suggestions on how this process could be improved, please submit a pull request.