Security researchers are essential in identifying vulnerabilities that may impact the Nomic ecosystem. If you have discovered a security vulnerability in the Nomic network or any repository managed by the Nomic DAO Foundation, we encourage you to notify using one of the methods outlined below.

1. Refrain from testing vulnerabilities on publicly accessible environments, including but not limited to:

• Nomic mainnet.
• Nomic frontend.
• Nomic public testnets.
• Nomic testnet frontend.

2. Avoid reporting security vulnerabilities through public channels, including GitHub issues.

To privately report a security vulnerability, please choose one of the following options:

Send your detailed vulnerability report to [email protected].

Utilize GitHub's Private Vulnerability Reporting for confidential disclosure.

When reporting a vulnerability through either method, please include the following details to aid in assessment:

• Type of vulnerability.
• Description of the vulnerability.
• Steps to reproduce the issue.
• Impact of the issue.
• Explanation of how an attacker could exploit it.

1. Initial Report: Submit the vulnerability via one of the above channels.
2. Confirmation: We will confirm receipt of your report within 48 hours.
3. Assessment: Our security team will evaluate the vulnerability and inform you of its severity and the estimated time frame for resolution.
4. Resolution: Once fixed, you will be contacted to verify the solution.
5. Public Disclosure: Details of the vulnerability may be publicly disclosed after ensuring it poses no further risk.

During the vulnerability disclosure process, we ask security researchers to keep vulnerabilities and communications around vulnerability submissions private and confidential until a patch is developed. Should a security issue require a network upgrade, additional time may be needed to raise a governance proposal and complete the upgrade.

During this time:

• Avoid exploiting any vulnerabilities you discover.
• Demonstrate good faith by not disrupting or degrading Nomic's services.

Though Nomic does not yet have an official bug bounty program, the Nomic DAO Foundation generally offers rewards to security researchers who responsibly disclose vulnerabilities. Bounties are generally awarded for vulnerabilities classified as high or critical severity. Bounty amounts will be determined during the disclosure process, after the severity has been assessed.

For recommendations on how to improve this policy, either submit a pull request or email [email protected].