authelia/docs/content/en/information/security.md

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The Authelia team takes security very seriously. Because Authelia is intended as a security product a lot of decisions are made with security being the priority.

Coordinated vulnerability disclosure

Authelia follows the coordinated vulnerability disclosure model when dealing with security vulnerabilities. This was previously known as responsible disclosure. We strongly urge anyone reporting vulnerabilities to Authelia or any other project to follow this model as it is considered as a best practice by many in the security industry.

If you believe you have identified a security related bug with Authelia please do not open an issue, do not notify us in public, and do not disclose this issue to third parties. Please use one of the contact options below.

Contact Options

Email

Please either utilize the {{< email user="security" domain="authelia.com" >}} email address for security issues discovered. This email address is only accessible by key members of the team for the purpose of disclosing security issues within the Authelia code base.

This is the preferred method of reporting.

Chat

If you wish to chat directly instead of sending an email please use one of the chat options but it is vital that when you do that you only do so privately with one of the maintainers. In order to start a private discussion you should ask to have a private discussion with a team member without mentioning the reason why you wish to have a private discussion so that provided the bug is confirmed we can coordinate the release of fixes and information responsibly.

Credit

Users who report bugs will optionally be credited for the discovery in the security advisory and/or in our all contributors configuration/documentation.

Process

1. User privately reports a potential vulnerability.
2. The core team reviews the report and ascertain if additional information is required.
3. The core team reproduces the bug.
4. The bug is patched, and if possible the user reporting te bug is given access to a fixed version or git patch.
5. The fix is confirmed to resolve the vulnerability.
6. The fix is released.
7. The security advisory is published sometime after users have had a chance to update.

Help wanted

We are actively looking for sponsorship to obtain security audits to comprehensively ensure the security of Authelia. As security is imperative to us we see this as one of the main financial priorities.

We believe that we should obtain the following categories of security audits:

• Code Security Audit / Analysis
• Penetration Testing

If you know of a company which either performs these kinds of audits and would be willing to sponsor the audit in some way such as doing it pro bono or at a discounted rate, or wants to help improve Authelia in a meaningful way and is willing to make a financial contribution towards this then please feel free to contact us.