Security policy (review draft)

A proposed coordinated-disclosure policy; no production intake exists until a monitored private channel and supported-version table are published.

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KALEIDOSCOPE SECURITY POLICY
REVIEW DRAFT - NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE

Last updated: August 22, 2026

This draft defines a proposed vulnerability-reporting and support boundary. No
production security intake or supported version exists until an exact staffed
contact and supported-version table are published.

1. SUPPORTED VERSIONS

Only versions explicitly listed on the production security page are supported.
Release candidates, local staging builds, test-signed packages, source
snapshots, refusal-only platform scaffolds, and unlisted host versions are not
production-supported.

Proposed default after general availability: support the current release and
the immediately preceding minor release for 90 days after replacement, subject
to platform and host versions in the compatibility table. Security fixes may
require upgrading to the current release. This lifecycle needs staffing and
product-owner confirmation before release.

2. REPORTING A VULNERABILITY

Do not report vulnerabilities, credentials, private keys, exploit details, or
sensitive user data in a public issue.

Before production, publish a monitored security email or secure submission
portal and an encryption key if encrypted reports are accepted. A complete
report should include:

- affected product, version, platform, package digest, and host version;
- a concise impact statement and prerequisite conditions;
- reproducible steps or a minimal proof of concept;
- whether sensitive data or another person's account was accessed;
- mitigations already attempted; and
- a safe way to contact the reporter.

Do not send raw vaults, memory content, prompts, tokens, account credentials, or
unredacted local paths unless a responder specifically requests them through
an approved secure channel.

3. PROPOSED RESPONSE TARGETS

After production staffing is confirmed, the proposed non-binding targets are:

- acknowledge a complete report within 3 business days;
- provide initial triage within 10 business days;
- provide a status update at least every 30 days while remediation is active;
  and
- coordinate disclosure after a fix or mitigation is broadly available.

These are targets, not an SLA or promise of a bounty. Paid support or a separate
written agreement may provide different commitments.

4. COORDINATED DISCLOSURE

Give Kaleidoscope a reasonable opportunity to investigate and remediate before
public disclosure. The parties should agree on a disclosure date based on
severity, exploitability, affected users, and fix availability. Kaleidoscope
will not ask a reporter to conceal an unresolved risk indefinitely and will
credit a reporter who requests credit and whose report materially helps,
subject to law and privacy.

5. GOOD-FAITH RESEARCH

Kaleidoscope intends not to initiate legal action against research that:

- is performed in good faith on systems and accounts the researcher owns or is
  authorized to test;
- avoids privacy violations, persistence, service disruption, social
  engineering, physical attacks, extortion, and unnecessary data access;
- accesses only the minimum data needed to demonstrate the issue and securely
  deletes any retained data;
- does not exploit a vulnerability beyond what is needed to confirm impact;
- complies with applicable law and this policy; and
- reports promptly through the designated private channel.

This statement cannot authorize testing of third-party infrastructure or waive
rights belonging to others. If uncertain whether planned testing is covered,
ask through the security channel before proceeding.

6. OUT OF SCOPE

Ordinarily out of scope unless a concrete security impact is shown:

- automated scanner output without validation;
- denial-of-service or resource-exhaustion testing;
- social engineering, phishing, spam, or physical attacks;
- vulnerabilities only in unsupported versions or unmodified third-party
  software;
- missing headers or best-practice observations with no exploitable impact;
- reports requiring a compromised operating-system administrator or physical
  device access where that is the stated trust boundary; and
- claims that object code is impossible to inspect or reverse engineer.

7. PACKAGE AND LOCAL-DATA BOUNDARY

Verify package digests and signatures only against a production trust root.
Test fixture signatures and ad hoc platform signatures are not production
proof.

The local engine is designed for a local vault and stdio protocol. Account
traffic is a separate manager surface and must exclude memory content, queries,
results, vault coordinates, provider secrets, and absolute local paths. A
security report should identify any observed violation of that boundary.

8. INCIDENT COMMUNICATIONS

For a confirmed incident, Kaleidoscope should publish the affected versions,
impact, mitigations, fixed version, package checksums, and required migration or
credential actions without exposing exploit details that would create
unnecessary harm. Applicable breach-notification obligations and contractual
notice periods control.

9. REQUIRED PRODUCTION COMPLETION

Before this policy becomes effective, confirm:

- the exact legal entity and monitored security channel;
- staffed business hours and emergency escalation;
- supported versions, platforms, and host pins;
- encryption and evidence-handling procedures;
- response targets and any bounty terms;
- incident severity and notification procedures; and
- applicable jurisdiction and safe-harbor review.

END OF REVIEW DRAFT