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Add SECURITY.md for responsible vulnerability disclosure 🔒

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
76/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
markdown
Domain
security

Research direction

Create the new SECURITY.md file in the repository root using the policy details in the issue: supported versions and the vulnerability reporting email, instructions, and response time. No code or tests are needed; done means the file clearly documents how to report vulnerabilities privately.

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Description

documentation good first issue

Add SECURITY.md for responsible vulnerability disclosure 🔒

File: SECURITY.md (new file)

No way for security researchers to
report vulnerabilities responsibly 💀 fr!!

Fix: create SECURITY.md in root:

Security Policy 🔒

Supported Versions

Version Supported
1.0.x ✅

Reporting a Vulnerability

Please DO NOT open a public GitHub issue
for security vulnerabilities!

Instead email: [email protected]

Include:

  • Description of vulnerability
  • Steps to reproduce
  • Potential impact
  • Suggested fix (optional)

We'll respond within 48 hours and
credit you in the fix! 🙏

No code needed — pure markdown!!
Makes repo look super professional 🔥
GitHub shows a special "Security" tab!! ✨

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
39
Forks
105
Avg merge
1d 19h
Merged PRs (30d)
29

Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  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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