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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

Scope

This repository distributes documentation: security policy templates, compliance framework mappings, and a Bash customization script (scripts/customize.sh). It has no runtime application and no software dependencies, so most traditional vulnerability classes (e.g. dependency CVEs) don't apply. The relevant attack surface is:

  • scripts/customize.sh — a shell script users run locally, and the .github/workflows/ci.yml GitHub Actions workflows that run it in CI
  • Any injected or malicious content in a pull request (e.g. a template edit that introduces a shell-injection vector into customize.sh, or a supply-chain issue in a GitHub Actions workflow change)

Incorrect or outdated compliance/framework citations (e.g. a wrong NIST CSF or ISO 27001 control reference) are content accuracy issues, not security vulnerabilities — please report those as a regular GitHub issue rather than through this policy.

Reporting a Vulnerability

If you find a security issue in scripts/customize.sh, a GitHub Actions workflow, or anything else in this repository that could lead to code execution, secret exposure, or a supply-chain compromise, please report it privately rather than opening a public issue:

  1. Use GitHub's private vulnerability reporting for this repository ("Security" tab → "Report a vulnerability"), or
  2. If that's unavailable, open a regular issue asking a maintainer to enable private reporting or provide an alternate contact, without including exploit details in the public issue body.

Please include:

  • A description of the issue and its potential impact
  • Steps to reproduce (a minimal customize.sh invocation or workflow diff is ideal)
  • Any suggested remediation, if you have one

Response

This is a community-maintained repository. There is no guaranteed SLA, but reports are reviewed as they arrive and valid fixes are prioritized ahead of routine content contributions. You'll receive an acknowledgement once your report has been triaged.

There aren't any published security advisories