From 22652b4484a06fc111e035f67e84aa3ae7e6acdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julie Qiu
+ This document explains the Go Security team's process for handling issues
+ reported and what to expect in return.
+
+ All security bugs in the Go distribution should be reported by email to
+ security@golang.org. This mail is
+ delivered to the Go Security team.
+
+ To ensure your report is not marked as spam,
+ please include the word "vulnerability" anywhere in your
+ email. Please use a descriptive subject line for your report email.
+
-Please report to us any issues you find.
-This document explains how to do that and what to expect in return.
+ Your email will be acknowledged within 7 days, and you'll be kept up to date
+ with the progress until resolution. Your issue will be fixed or made public
+ within 90 days. If you have not received a reply to your email within 7 days,
+ please follow up with the Go security team directly at
+ security@golang.org.
-All security bugs in the Go distribution should be reported by email to
-security@golang.org.
-This mail is delivered to a small security team.
-Your email will be acknowledged within 24 hours, and you'll receive a more
-detailed response to your email within 72 hours indicating the next steps in
-handling your report.
+ Depending on the nature of your issue, it will be categorized by the Go
+ security team as an issue in the PUBLIC, PRIVATE, or URGENT track. All
+ security issues will be issued CVE numbers.
+ Issues in the PUBLIC track affect niche configurations, have very limited
+ impact, or are already widely known.
+
+ PUBLIC track issues are fixed in public, and get backported
+ to the next scheduled
+ minor releases
+ (which occur ~monthly). The release announcement includes details of these
+ issues, but there is no pre-announcement.
+ Examples of past PUBLIC issues include:
-To ensure your report is not marked as spam, please include the word "vulnerability"
-anywhere in your email. Please use a descriptive subject line for your report email.
+ Issues in the PRIVATE track are violations of committed security properties.
-After the initial reply to your report, the security team will endeavor to keep
-you informed of the progress being made towards a fix and full announcement.
-These updates will be sent at least every five days.
-In reality, this is more likely to be every 24-48 hours.
+ PRIVATE track issues are
+ fixed in the next scheduled
+ minor releases
+ ,
+ and are kept private until then.
-If you have not received a reply to your email within 48 hours or you have not
-heard from the security team for the past five days please contact the Go
-security team directly:
+ Three to seven days before the release, a pre-announcement is sent to
+ golang-announce, announcing the presence of a security fix in the upcoming
+ releases, and whether the issue affects the standard library, the toolchain,
+ or both (but not disclosing any more details).
Some examples of past PRIVATE issues include:
-Please note that golang-dev is a public discussion forum.
-When escalating on this list, please do not disclose the details of the issue.
-Simply state that you're trying to reach a member of the security team.
+ URGENT track issues are a threat to the Go ecosystem’s integrity, or are being
+ actively exploited in the wild leading to severe damage. There are no recent
+ examples, but they would include remote code execution in net/http, or
+ practical key recovery in crypto/tls.
+ URGENT track issues are fixed in private, and
+ trigger an immediate dedicated security release, possibly
+ with no pre-announcement.
+
-If you believe that an existing issue
-is security-related, we ask that you send an email to
-security@golang.org.
-The email should include the issue ID and a short description of why it should
-be handled according to this security policy.
+ If you believe that an existing issue
+ is security-related, we ask that you send an email to
+ security@golang.org. The email should
+ include the issue ID and a short description of why it should be handled
+ according to this security policy.
The Go project uses the following disclosure process:
-This process can take some time, especially when coordination is required with
-maintainers of other projects. Every effort will be made to handle the bug in
-as timely a manner as possible, however it's important that we follow the
-process described above to ensure that disclosures are handled consistently.
-
-For security issues that include the assignment of a CVE-ID,
-the issue is listed publicly under the
-"Golang" product on the CVEDetails website
-as well as the
-National Vulnerability Disclosure site.
-
-The best way to receive security announcements is to subscribe to the
-golang-announce
-mailing list. Any messages pertaining to a security issue will be prefixed
-with
-If you have any suggestions to improve this policy, please send an email to
-golang-dev@golang.org for discussion.
-
-We accept PGP-encrypted email, but the majority of the security team
-are not regular PGP users so it's somewhat inconvenient. Please only
-use PGP for critical security reports.
-Implementation
+Overview
-Reporting a Security Bug
+Reporting a Security Bug
+
+Tracks
+
PUBLIC
+
+
+
+PRIVATE
+
-
+URGENT
+
Flagging Existing Issues as Security-related
+Flagging Existing Issues as Security-related
Disclosure Process
+Disclosure Process
-
Receiving Security Updates
-
-[security]
.
-Comments on This Policy
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-
+ This process can take some time, especially when coordination is required with
+ maintainers of other projects. Every effort will be made to handle the bug in
+ as timely a manner as possible, however it's important that we follow the
+ process described above to ensure that disclosures are handled consistently.
+
+ For security issues that include the assignment of a CVE number, the issue is + listed publicly under the + + "Golang" product on the CVEDetails website + + as well as the + + National Vulnerability Disclosure site + . +
+ +
+ The best way to receive security announcements is to subscribe to the
+
+ golang-announce
+
+ mailing list. Any messages pertaining to a security issue will be prefixed
+ with [security]
.
+
+ If you have any suggestions to improve this policy, please + file an issue for discussion. +