pocketpy/security.md
Baala-Murugan-K a3d69ae528 Add SECURITY.md with vulnerability reporting guidelines
Introduces a security policy describing how to responsibly report
memory safety and other security vulnerabilities.
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Security Policy

Reporting a Vulnerability

If you discover a security vulnerability in pocketpy, please report it responsibly.

Do NOT open a public GitHub issue for security-sensitive bugs.

Instead, report the issue privately by contacting the maintainers with:

  • A clear description of the vulnerability
  • Steps to reproduce the issue
  • A minimal proof-of-concept (if possible)
  • Environment details (OS, compiler, version, build flags)

Examples of security issues include:

  • Heap-buffer-overflow
  • Stack-buffer-overflow
  • Use-after-free
  • Out-of-bounds read/write
  • Crashes triggered by crafted input

Response Process

After receiving a report, maintainers may:

  1. Confirm and reproduce the issue
  2. Investigate and prepare a fix
  3. Release a patched version
  4. Publicly disclose the issue after it is resolved

Please allow reasonable time for investigation and remediation before public disclosure.

Supported Versions

Security fixes are typically applied to the latest development version. Older versions may not receive patches.