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Security: requesting a private channel to report a critical vulnerability (no details here)

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
security

Research direction

Start with the repository's SECURITY.md and the GitHub Security Advisories private-reporting entry point mentioned in the issue. The issue is complete when a private channel is enabled or a private security contact is provided so the withheld vulnerability report, proof of concept, proposed patch, and regression test can be shared.

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Description

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Hi maintainers 👋

I've identified what I assess as a critical-severity security vulnerability in BitFun, reproduced against the current main branch.

I'm intentionally withholding all technical details here — no affected file, component, mechanism, or proof-of-concept — because publicly disclosing an unpatched issue would put current users at risk. This follows the project's own SECURITY.md / coordinated-disclosure policy.

I already have a complete report ready to share privately, including:

  • Root-cause analysis and the exact location
  • A working, self-contained proof-of-concept
  • CVSS 3.1 scoring
  • A proposed patch (diff) plus a regression test

What I need to proceed: a private channel. Right now the repo's /security/advisories/new link isn't usable by non-maintainers because Private Vulnerability Reporting appears to be disabled. Please do one of:

  1. Enable Private Vulnerability Reporting — repo Settings → Code security and analysis → Private vulnerability reporting → Enable. I'll then submit the full report through GitHub Security Advisories; or
  2. Reply with a private security contact (e.g. a security email) I can send the report to.

Once a private channel is open I'll hand over everything immediately, and I'm happy to coordinate a disclosure timeline after you've had a chance to review and patch.

Flagging as high priority given the severity. Thanks for building BitFun! 🙏

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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