This document defines how KernelMind handles security, vulnerability intake, coordinated disclosure, and user guidance. It is intended for researchers, contributors, and users of KernelMind software and services.
KernelMind provides security updates for the following release lines:
| Version | Supported |
|---|---|
| 1.x.x | Yes |
| 0.x.x | No |
End-of-life (EOL) branches receive no fixes. Users should upgrade to a supported release line.
When a potential vulnerability is reported through an approved channel (see §4), we follow these target timeframes:
- Acknowledgement (within 24 hours): Confirm receipt and assign a tracking ID.
- Triage (within 72 hours): Validate, classify severity, and determine affected scope.
- Investigation (≤ 7 calendar days): Reproduce, assess impact, and identify fix approach.
- Remediation (≤ 14 calendar days): Develop, test, and prepare patches or mitigations.
- Release (≤ 7 calendar days): Publish a patched release and advisories.
- Coordinated Disclosure: Publish details after fixes are available or by mutual agreement.
Target timelines may be adjusted for complexity, upstream dependencies, or coordinated releases across ecosystems.
Security issues that originate from KernelMind-maintained code or infrastructure, including:
- Application source code and official packages
- Build and release pipelines under KernelMind control
- Official websites, APIs, and documentation portals
- Configuration defaults shipped with the product
- Example code and sample projects in official repos (for security-relevant defects)
The following are not eligible for security treatment under this policy:
- Social engineering against KernelMind staff or users
- Physical attacks or requirements for physical access
- Denial of Service (DoS/DDoS) and volumetric rate-limit bypass
- Brute-force attacks against credentials
- Vulnerabilities in third‑party services or dependencies not maintained by KernelMind
- Reports without a clear security impact (e.g., best practices, refactors, or UX-only concerns)
We still welcome hardening suggestions as issues or discussions, but they are not treated as vulnerabilities unless a concrete impact is demonstrated.
Do not open public issues or pull requests for suspected vulnerabilities.
Report privately via email to security@kernelmind.audio with the subject: [SECURITY] <brief description>.
Please include the following details (template):
Title: Brief vulnerability summary
Type: [XSS, CSRF, Injection, Authorization, RCE, Info Disclosure, etc.]
Severity: [Critical | High | Medium | Low] (see §5)
Affected Versions: e.g., 1.0.0 – 1.1.3
Environment: OS, browser, runtime, deployment details
URL/Endpoint: Where the vulnerability was identified
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three
Impact: What an attacker can achieve
Evidence: Logs, screenshots, or PoC (attach if possible)
Mitigation Ideas: Optional suggestions that may help
Your Contact: Name and a reply-to address
We aim to acknowledge your report within 24 hours and provide regular updates as we progress through triage, investigation, and remediation.
For encrypted communication, you may request our PGP public key by emailing security@kernelmind.audio.
We use a CVSS-style qualitative scale to prioritize fixes. Target timelines are goals, not guarantees.
| Severity | Typical Impact | Examples | Target Time to Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | Full compromise, RCE, credential or key leak | Unauthenticated RCE; supply-chain compromise | ≤ 7 days |
| High | Auth bypass, significant data access, privilege escalation | IDOR exposing sensitive data; SSRF to internal services | ≤ 14 days |
| Medium | Limited data exposure, significant spoofing or DoS bypass | Stored XSS in authenticated area; CSRF on state-changing action | ≤ 30 days |
| Low | Best-practice deviation with minor impact | Clickjacking on non-sensitive page; verbose errors | Next planned release |
Complexity, exploit prevalence, and availability of mitigations can adjust prioritization.
- We prefer coordinated disclosure: public details are shared after fixes are available.
- If an exploit is observed in the wild, we may accelerate advisories and mitigations.
- Reporters are credited in advisories (optional, with consent).
- We request that you do not disclose details publicly until a patch is released or we mutually agree on a date.
Safe harbor: If you follow this policy and act in good faith, we will not pursue or support legal action related to your research.
To reduce risk to users and infrastructure, please avoid the following during testing:
- Actions that degrade service quality or availability (no DoS/DDoS)
- Accessing or modifying data that is not yours
- Using automated scanners against production without rate limiting
- Social engineering (phishing, pretexting) or physical intrusion
- Exfiltration of data beyond what is necessary to demonstrate impact
When possible, test against local builds or staging environments. If you need a dedicated environment for reproduction, contact us at security@kernelmind.audio.
KernelMind currently operates a discretionary (invite-only) bounty program. Rewards, if any, are based on severity, exploitability, and quality of the report (clear reproduction steps and practical impact).
Public bounty platforms are not in use at this time.
Even when rewards are not granted, we value responsible disclosures and provide acknowledgements where appropriate.
- Keep the application up to date
- Use strong, unique passwords and a password manager
- Enable 2FA wherever supported
- Review extension and integration permissions regularly
- Requests for personal information via email or chat
- Suspicious or shortened links in communications
- Downloads from non‑official sources
- Extensions or plugins requesting excessive permissions
- OWASP ZAP – web application scanning
- Burp Suite – manual and automated web testing
- Postman – API testing workflows
- Artillery – load and basic resilience testing
- Sentry – error tracking
- LogRocket – session replay and debugging
- Datadog – infrastructure and APM monitoring
- GitHub Security – Dependabot, secret scanning, code scanning
- Dependency vulnerability scan (monthly)
- Penetration testing (quarterly)
- Code security review (each release)
- Access control review (semi‑annually)
- Incident response drill (annually)
Next planned policy review: January 2025
- Security Team: security@kernelmind.audio
- Emergency Contact: +1‑XXX‑XXX‑XXXX
- PGP Key: Request via email
If you need to report a vulnerability or have security questions, contact security@kernelmind.audio.