/oss-vulnerability-guide

A guide on coordinated vulnerability disclosure for open source projects. Includes templates for security policies (security.md) and disclosure notifications.

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NOTE, May 25, 2021: This repo is work-in-progress as part of the Vulnerability Disclosure Working Group. Contents in this repo are not finalized recommendations.

Guide to coordinated vulnerability disclosure for open source projects

This repository is a set of resources and reference materials to help open source projects to coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

This repository contains:

Getting Started

If you are new to coordinated vulnerability disclosure, it is recommended you start with the Guide. While it is dense, you will want to be familiar with this information and the concepts presented before you need to address a vulnerability report.

If you are familiar with coordinated vulnerability disclosure, you can get a refresher by skipping to the Response Process section of the Guide, or go straight to the Runbook.