Add a SECURITY.md with reporting guidelines#420
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The Python Security Response Team (PSRT), which currently handles security reporting for this project, prefers to receive vulnerability reports through GitHub Security Advisories (GHSAs), rather than by email at
security@python.org. For more background, see python/psrt-ghsa-bot#60.This PR adds a small
SECURITY.mdfile with reporting instructions for the unlikely event that someone needs to report a vulnerability in this repository. It explains where to report vulnerabilities, how to submit a report, and includes a brief note about respectful communication. The content is largely based on CPython’sSECURITY.mdand security policy.Even if this repository has not previously received vulnerability reports, this PR provides a proactive reporting path so that, if a report is ever submitted, it reaches the right people through the PSRT’s preferred process.
GHSAs are not currently enabled for this repository. Once enabled, they are only visible to people with admin privileges on the repository. To ensure the PSRT can access new reports, the PSRT maintains a bot,
python/psrt-ghsa-bot, which automatically adds the team as collaborators when a new report is submitted.If there are no objections from the maintainers, the organisation administrators will enable GHSAs in this repository and configure the bot.