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Security: SecAI-Hub/llm-search-mediator

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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

Reporting a vulnerability

If you discover a security vulnerability in llm-search-mediator, please report it responsibly:

  1. GitHub Security Advisories (preferred): Report a vulnerability

Do not open a public GitHub issue for security vulnerabilities.

Disclosure timeline

Stage Target Notes
Acknowledgement 48 hours Confirms receipt and assigns a tracking ID
Triage and severity assessment 7 days CVSS score assigned; reporter notified of severity
Fix for Critical/High 30 days Patch developed, reviewed, and tested
Fix for Medium/Low 90 days Addressed in next scheduled release
Public disclosure After fix is released Coordinated with reporter; CVE requested if applicable
Advisory publication Same day as fix release GitHub Security Advisory published

Scope

In scope

  • PII stripping bypass (patterns that leak through)
  • Prompt injection filter bypass (adversarial text that passes)
  • Query uniqueness detection bypass
  • Audit log tampering or chain integrity bypass
  • Denial of service via crafted queries
  • Information leakage through timing, padding, or error messages

Out of scope

  • Vulnerabilities in Flask, requests, or PyYAML
  • SearXNG or Tor vulnerabilities
  • Deployment misconfigurations

Supported versions

Version Supported Notes
0.1.x (latest) Yes Current release; receives security fixes
main branch Yes Development branch; may include unreleased fixes
< 0.1.0 No No pre-release versions are supported

Only the latest release on the main branch receives security updates. Users should always run the most recent tagged version.

There aren’t any published security advisories