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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

Supported Versions

Security fixes will be backported only to the webpki versions for which the original semver-compatible release was published less than 2 years ago.

For example, as of 2026-03-24 the latest release is 0.104.0-alpha.5.

  • 0.104.0 is yet to be released.
  • 0.103.0 was released in Febrary 2025
  • 0.102.0 was released in November 2023
  • 0.101.0 was released in July 2023
  • 0.100.0 was released in March 2023
  • 0.17.0 was released in August 2017

Therefore 0.103.x will receive security fixes, but others will not.

Reporting a Vulnerability

Before reporting a security bug, make sure to:

  • Consider the threat model. Misconfiguration that is unlikely to happen accidentally is unlikely to be a security bug.
  • If applicable, compare the behavior to other TLS implementations. If the behavior is consistent with other implementations, it is less likely to be a security bug.

Please report security bugs via github. Make sure to disclose any use of AI assistance upfront.

We'll then:

  • Prepare a fix and regression tests.
  • Backport the fix and make a patch release for most recent release.
  • Submit an advisory to rustsec/advisory-db.
  • Refer to the advisory on the main README.md and release notes.
Learn more about advisories related to rustls/webpki in the GitHub Advisory Database