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<front>
<title abbrev="security.txt">A File Format to Aid in Security Vulnerability Disclosure</title>
<seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-foudil-securitytxt-13"/>
<author initials="E." surname="Foudil" fullname="Edwin Foudil">
<organization/>
<address>
<email>contact@edoverflow.com</email>
</address>
</author>
<author initials="Y." surname="Shafranovich" fullname="Yakov Shafranovich">
<organization>Nightwatch Cybersecurity</organization>
<address>
<email>yakov+ietf@nightwatchcybersecurity.com</email>
</address>
</author>
<date year="2021" month="July" day="11"/>
<abstract>
<t>When security vulnerabilities are discovered by
researchers, proper reporting channels are often lacking. As a result,
vulnerabilities may be left unreported. This document defines a machine-parsable format
("security.txt") to help organizations describe their vulnerability disclosure practices
to make it easier for researchers to report vulnerabilities.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<middle>
<section anchor="introduction" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Introduction</name>
<section anchor="motivation" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Motivation, Prior Work and Scope</name>
<t>Many security researchers encounter situations where they are unable
to report security vulnerabilities to organizations because there are
no reporting channels to contact the owner of a particular
resource and no information available about the vulnerability disclosure practices
of such owner.</t>
<t>As per section 4 of <xref target="RFC2142" format="default"/>, there is an existing convention
of using the <SECURITY@domain> email address for communications regarding
security issues. That convention provides only a single, email-based
channel of communication per domain, and does not provide
a way for domain owners to publish information about their security disclosure
practices.</t>
<t>There are also contact conventions prescribed for Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
in section 2 of <xref target="RFC3013" format="default"/>, for Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs)
in section 3.2 of <xref target="RFC2350" format="default"/> and for site operators in section 5.2 of
<xref target="RFC2196" format="default"/>. As per <xref target="RFC7485" format="default"/>, there is also contact information provided by
Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and domain registries for owners of IP
addresses, autonomous system numbers (ASNs), and domain names. However, none of
these tackle the issue of how security researchers can locate contact information
and vulnerability disclosure practices for organizations in order to report
vulnerabilities.</t>
<t>In this document, we define a richer, machine-parsable and more extensible way
for organizations to communicate information about their security disclosure
practices and ways to contact them. Other details of vulnerability disclosure
are outside the scope of this document. Readers are encouraged to consult other
documents such as <xref target="ISO.29147.2018" format="default"/> or <xref target="CERT.CVD" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>As per <xref target="CERT.CVD" format="default"/>, "vulnerability response" refers to reports of product vulnerabilities
which is related but distinct from reports of network intrusions and compromised
websites ("incident response"). The mechanism defined in this document is intended
to be used for the former ("vulnerability response"). If implementors want
to utilize this mechanism for incident response, they should be aware of additional
security considerations discussed in <xref target="compromise" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>The "security.txt" file is intended to be complementary and not as a substitute
or replacement for other public resources maintained by organizations regarding
their security disclosure practices.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="terminology" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Terminology</name>
<t>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 <xref target="RFC2119" format="default"/> <xref target="RFC8174" format="default"/> when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.</t>
<t>The term "researcher" corresponds
to the terms "finder" and "reporter" in <xref target="ISO.29147.2018" format="default"/> and <xref target="CERT.CVD" format="default"/>.
The term "organization" corresponds to the term "vendor"
in <xref target="ISO.29147.2018" format="default"/> and <xref target="CERT.CVD" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>The term "implementors" includes all parties involved in
the vulnerability disclosure process.</t>
</section>
</section>
<section anchor="note-to-readers" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Note to Readers</name>
<ul empty="true" spacing="normal">
<li>
<strong>Note to the RFC Editor:</strong> Please remove this section prior
to publication.</li>
</ul>
<t>Development of this draft takes place on Github at: https://github.com/securitytxt/security-txt</t>
</section>
<section anchor="the-specification" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>The Specification</name>
<t>This document defines a text file to be placed in a known location
that provides information about vulnerability disclosure practices of a particular organization.
The format of this file is machine-parsable and MUST follow the ABNF grammar defined in
<xref target="abnf" format="default"/>. This file is intended to help security researchers when
disclosing security vulnerabilities.</t>
<t>By convention, the file is named "security.txt". Location and scope are described
in <xref target="location" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>This text file contains multiple fields with different values. A field contains a "name" which is the first part of a field all the way up
to the colon (for example: "Contact:") and follows the syntax defined for "field-name" in section 3.6.8
of <xref target="RFC5322" format="default"/>. Field names are case-insensitive (as per section 2.3 of <xref target="RFC5234" format="default"/>).
The "value" comes after the field name (for example: "mailto:security@example.com") and follows the syntax
defined for "unstructured" in section 3.2.5 of <xref target="RFC5322" format="default"/>. The file MAY also contain blank lines.</t>
<t>A field MUST always consist of a name and a value
(for example: "Contact: mailto:security@example.com"). A "security.txt" file
can have an unlimited number of fields. Each field MUST appear on
its own line. Unless specified otherwise by the field definition,
multiple values MUST NOT be chained together for a single field.
Unless otherwise indicated in a definition of a particular field, a field MAY appear
multiple times.</t>
<t>Implementors should be aware that some of the fields may
contain URIs using percent-encoding (as per section 2.1 of <xref target="RFC3986" format="default"/>).</t>
<section anchor="comments" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Comments</name>
<t>Any line beginning with the "#" (%x23) symbol MUST be interpreted as a comment.
The content of the comment may contain any ASCII or Unicode characters in the
%x21-7E and %x80-FFFFF ranges plus the tab (%x09) and space (%x20) characters.</t>
<t>Example:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
# This is a comment.
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="line-separator" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Line Separator</name>
<t>Every line MUST end either with a carriage return and line feed
characters (CRLF / %x0D %x0A) or just a line feed character (LF / %x0A).</t>
</section>
<section anchor="signature" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Digital signature</name>
<t>It is RECOMMENDED that a "security.txt" file be digitally signed
using an OpenPGP cleartext signature as described in
section 7 of <xref target="RFC4880" format="default"/>. When digital signatures are used, it is also
RECOMMENDED that organizations use the "Canonical" field (as per <xref target="canonical" format="default"/>),
thus allowing the digital signature to authenticate the location of the file.</t>
<t>When it comes to verifying the key used to generate the signature, it is always
the security researcher's responsibility to make sure the key being
used is indeed one they trust.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="extensibility" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Extensibility</name>
<t>Like many other formats and protocols, this format may need to be extended
over time to fit the ever-changing landscape of the Internet. Therefore,
extensibility is provided via an IANA registry for fields as defined
in <xref target="registry" format="default"/>. Any fields registered via that process MUST be
considered optional. To encourage extensibility and interoperability,
researchers MUST ignore any fields they do not explicitly support.</t>
<t>In general, implementors should "be conservative in what you do,
be liberal in what you accept from others" (as per <xref target="RFC0793" format="default"/>).</t>
</section>
<section anchor="field-definitions" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Field Definitions</name>
<t>Unless otherwise stated, all fields MUST be considered optional.</t>
<section anchor="acknowledgments" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Acknowledgments</name>
<t>This field indicates a link to a page where security
researchers are recognized for their reports. The page being referenced
should list security researchers that reported security vulnerabilities
and collaborated to remediate them. Organizations should be careful
to limit the vulnerability information being published in order
to prevent future attacks.</t>
<t>If this field indicates a web URI, then it MUST begin with "https://"
(as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>).</t>
<t>Example:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Acknowledgments: https://example.com/hall-of-fame.html
]]></artwork>
<t>Example security acknowledgments page:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
We would like to thank the following researchers:
(2017-04-15) Frank Denis - Reflected cross-site scripting
(2017-01-02) Alice Quinn - SQL injection
(2016-12-24) John Buchner - Stored cross-site scripting
(2016-06-10) Anna Richmond - A server configuration issue
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="canonical" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Canonical</name>
<t>This field indicates the canonical URIs where the "security.txt" file is located,
which is usually something like "https://example.com/.well-known/security.txt".
If this field indicates a web URI, then it MUST begin with "https://"
(as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>).</t>
<t>While this field indicates that a "security.txt" retrieved from a given URI
is intended to apply to that URI, it MUST NOT be interpreted to apply to
all canonical URIs listed within the file. Researchers SHOULD use an additional
trust mechanism such as a digital signature (as per <xref target="signature" format="default"/>) to make the
determination that a particular canonical URI is applicable.</t>
<t>If this field appears within a "security.txt" file, and the URI used to
retrieve that file is not listed within any canonical fields,
then the contents of the file SHOULD NOT be trusted.</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Canonical: https://www.example.com/.well-known/security.txt
Canonical: https://someserver.example.com/.well-known/security.txt
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="contact" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Contact</name>
<t>This field indicates an address that researchers
should use for reporting security
vulnerabilities such as an email address, a phone number and/or a
web page with contact information. The "Contact" field MUST
always be present in a "security.txt" file. If this field indicates a web URI,
then it MUST begin with "https://" (as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>).
Security email addresses should use the conventions defined in section
4 of <xref target="RFC2142" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>The value MUST follow the URI syntax described in section 3 of <xref target="RFC3986" format="default"/>.
This means that "mailto" and "tel" URI schemes must be used
when specifying email addresses and telephone numbers, as defined in <xref target="RFC6068" format="default"/>
and <xref target="RFC3966" format="default"/>. When the value of this field is an email address,
it is RECOMMENDED that encryption be used (as per <xref target="encryption" format="default"/>).</t>
<t>The precedence SHOULD be in listed order. The first occurrence is the preferred
method of contact. In the example below, the first email address
("security@example.com") is the preferred method of contact.</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Contact: mailto:security@example.com
Contact: mailto:security%2Buri%2Bencoded@example.com
Contact: tel:+1-201-555-0123
Contact: https://example.com/security-contact.html
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="encryption" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Encryption</name>
<t>This field indicates an encryption key that
security researchers should use for encrypted communication. Keys MUST NOT
appear in this field - instead the value of this field
MUST be a URI pointing to a location where the key can be retrieved.
If this field indicates a web URI, then it MUST begin with "https://"
(as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>).</t>
<t>When it comes to verifying the authenticity of the key, it is always the security
researcher's responsibility to make sure the key being specified is indeed one
they trust. Researchers must not assume that this key is
used to generate the digital signature referenced in <xref target="signature" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>Example of an OpenPGP key available from a web server:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Encryption: https://example.com/pgp-key.txt
]]></artwork>
<t>Example of an OpenPGP key available from an OPENPGPKEY DNS record:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Encryption: dns:5d2d37ab76d47d36._openpgpkey.example.com?type=OPENPGPKEY
]]></artwork>
<t>Example of an OpenPGP key being referenced by its fingerprint:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Encryption: openpgp4fpr:5f2de5521c63a801ab59ccb603d49de44b29100f
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="expires" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Expires</name>
<t>This field indicates the date and time after which the data contained in the "security.txt"
file is considered stale and should not be used (as per <xref target="stale" format="default"/>). The value of this field is formatted
according to the Internet profile of <xref target="ISO.8601" format="default"/> as defined in <xref target="RFC3339" format="default"/>. It is RECOMMENDED that the value
of this field be less than a year into the future to avoid staleness.</t>
<t>This field MUST always be present and MUST NOT appear more than once.</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Expires: 2021-12-31T18:37:07z
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="hiring" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Hiring</name>
<t>The "Hiring" field is used for linking to the vendor's security-related job positions.
If this field indicates a web URI, then it MUST begin with "https://"
(as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>).</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Hiring: https://example.com/jobs.html
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="policy" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Policy</name>
<t>This field indicates a link to where the vulnerability disclosure policy is located.
This can help security researchers understand
the organization's vulnerability reporting practices.
If this field indicates a web URI, then it MUST begin with "https://"
(as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>).</t>
<t>Example:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Policy: https://example.com/disclosure-policy.html
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="preflang" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Preferred-Languages</name>
<t>This field can be used to indicate a set of natural languages that
are preferred when submitting security reports. This set MAY list multiple
values, separated by commas. If this field is included then at least
one value MUST be listed. The values within this set are language tags
(as defined in <xref target="RFC5646" format="default"/>). If this field is absent, security researchers
may assume that English is the language to be used (as per section 4.5
of <xref target="RFC2277" format="default"/>).</t>
<t>The order in which they appear is not an indication of priority;
the listed languages are intended to have equal priority.</t>
<t>This field MUST NOT appear more than once.</t>
<t>Example (English, Spanish and French):</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Preferred-Languages: en, es, fr
]]></artwork>
</section>
</section>
<section anchor="example-of-an-unsigned-securitytxt-file" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Example of an unsigned "security.txt" file</name>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
# Our security address
Contact: mailto:security@example.com
# Our OpenPGP key
Encryption: https://example.com/pgp-key.txt
# Our security policy
Policy: https://example.com/security-policy.html
# Our security acknowledgments page
Acknowledgments: https://example.com/hall-of-fame.html
Expires: 2021-12-31T18:37:07z
]]></artwork>
</section>
<section anchor="example-of-a-signed-securitytxt-file" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Example of a signed "security.txt" file</name>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256
# Canonical URI
Canonical: https://example.com/.well-known/security.txt
# Our security address
Contact: mailto:security@example.com
# Our OpenPGP key
Encryption: https://example.com/pgp-key.txt
# Our security policy
Policy: https://example.com/security-policy.html
# Our security acknowledgments page
Acknowledgments: https://example.com/hall-of-fame.html
Expires: 2021-12-31T18:37:07z
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.2
[signature]
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
]]></artwork>
</section>
</section>
<section anchor="location" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Location of the security.txt file</name>
<t>For web-based services, organizations MUST place the "security.txt" file under the "/.well-known/" path; e.g. https://example.com/.well-known/security.txt
as per <xref target="RFC8615" format="default"/> of a domain name or IP address. For legacy compatibility, a security.txt file might be placed at the top-level path
or redirect (as per section 6.4 of <xref target="RFC7231" format="default"/>) to the "security.txt" file under the "/.well-known/" path. If a "security.txt" file
is present in both locations, the one in the "/.well-known/" path MUST be used.</t>
<t>The file MUST be accessed via HTTP 1.0 or a higher version
and the file access MUST use "https" scheme (as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>).
It MUST have a Content-Type of "text/plain"
with the default charset parameter set to "utf-8" (as per section 4.1.3 of <xref target="RFC2046" format="default"/>).</t>
<t>Retrieval of "security.txt" files and resources indicated within such files may result in a redirect (as per
section 6.4 of <xref target="RFC7231" format="default"/>). Researchers should perform additional analysis (as per <xref target="redirects" format="default"/>) to make sure these redirects
are not malicious or pointing to resources controlled by an attacker.</t>
<section anchor="scope-of-the-file" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Scope of the File</name>
<t>A "security.txt" file MUST only apply to the domain
or IP address in the URI used to retrieve it, not to any of its subdomains or parent domains.
A "security.txt" file MAY also apply to products and services provided by the organization publishing the file.</t>
<t>As per <xref target="motivation" format="default"/>, this specification is intended for vulnerability response.
If implementors want to use this for incident response, they should be aware of additional security considerations discussed in <xref target="compromise" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>Organizations SHOULD use the policy directive (as per <xref target="policy" format="default"/>)
to provide additional details regarding scope and details of their vulnerability disclosure process.</t>
<t>Some examples appear below:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
# The following only applies to example.com.
https://example.com/.well-known/security.txt
# This only applies to subdomain.example.com.
https://subdomain.example.com/.well-known/security.txt
# This security.txt file applies to IPv4 address of 192.0.2.0.
https://192.0.2.0/.well-known/security.txt
# This security.txt file applies to IPv6 address of 2001:db8:8:4::2.
https://[2001:db8:8:4::2]/.well-known/security.txt
]]></artwork>
</section>
</section>
<section anchor="abnf" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>File Format Description and ABNF Grammar</name>
<t>The file format of the "security.txt" file MUST be plain text (MIME type "text/plain") as defined
in section 4.1.3 of <xref target="RFC2046" format="default"/> and MUST be encoded using UTF-8 <xref target="RFC3629" format="default"/> in Net-Unicode form <xref target="RFC5198" format="default"/>.</t>
<t>The format of this file MUST follow the ABNF definition below (using
the conventions defined in <xref target="RFC5234" format="default"/>).</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
body = signed / unsigned
signed = sign-header unsigned sign-footer
sign-header = < headers and line from section 7 of [RFC4880] >
sign-footer = < OpenPGP signature from section 7 of [RFC4880] >
unsigned = *line (contact-field eol) ; one or more required
*line (expires-field eol) ; exactly one required
*line [lang-field eol] *line ; exactly one optional
; order of fields within the file is not important
; except that if contact-field appears more
; than once the order of those indicates
; priority (see Section 3.5.3)
line = [ (field / comment) ] eol
eol = *WSP [CR] LF
field = ; optional fields
ack-field /
can-field /
contact-field / ; optional repeated instances
encryption-field /
hiring-field /
policy-field /
ext-field
fs = ":"
comment = "#" *(WSP / VCHAR / %x80-FFFFF)
ack-field = "Acknowledgments" fs SP uri
can-field = "Canonical" fs SP uri
contact-field = "Contact" fs SP uri
expires-field = "Expires" fs SP date-time
encryption-field = "Encryption" fs SP uri
hiring-field = "Hiring" fs SP uri
lang-field = "Preferred-Languages" fs SP lang-values
policy-field = "Policy" fs SP uri
date-time = < imported from section 5.6 of [RFC3339] >
lang-tag = < Language-Tag from section 2.1 of [RFC5646] >
lang-values = lang-tag *(*WSP "," *WSP lang-tag)
uri = < URI as per section 3 of [RFC3986] >
ext-field = field-name fs SP unstructured
field-name = < imported from section 3.6.8 of [RFC5322] >
unstructured = < imported from section 3.2.5 of [RFC5322] >
]]></artwork>
<t>"ext-field" refers to extension fields, which are discussed in <xref target="extensibility" format="default"/></t>
</section>
<section anchor="security-considerations" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Security Considerations</name>
<t>Because of the use of URIs and well-known resources, security considerations of
<xref target="RFC3986" format="default"/> and <xref target="RFC8615" format="default"/> apply here, in addition to the
considerations outlined below.</t>
<section anchor="compromise" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Compromised Files and Incident Response</name>
<t>An attacker that has compromised a website is able to compromise
the "security.txt" file as well or setup a redirect to their own site.
This can result in security reports not being received by the organization
or sent to the attacker.</t>
<t>To protect against this, organizations should use the "Canonical" field to indicate the locations
of the file (as per <xref target="canonical" format="default"/>), digitally sign their "security.txt"
files (as per <xref target="signature" format="default"/>), and regularly monitor the file and
the referenced resources to detect tampering.</t>
<t>Security researchers should validate the "security.txt" file including verifying
the digital signature and checking any available historical records before using the information
contained in the file. If the "security.txt" file looks suspicious or compromised,
it should not be used.</t>
<t>While it is not recommended, implementors may choose to use the information published
within a "security.txt" file for incident response. In such cases, extreme caution
should be taken before trusting such information, since
it may have been compromised by an attacker. Researchers should use additional methods
to verify such data including out of band verification of the PGP signature, DNSSEC-based approaches, etc.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="redirects" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Redirects</name>
<t>When retrieving the file and any resources referenced in the file, researchers should record
any redirects since they can lead to a different domain or IP address controlled by an attacker. Further
inspections of such redirects is recommended before using the information contained within the file.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="stale" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Incorrect or Stale Information</name>
<t>If information and resources referenced in a "security.txt" file are incorrect
or not kept up to date, this can result in security reports not being received
by the organization or sent to incorrect contacts, thus exposing possible
security issues to third parties. Not having a "security.txt" file may be preferable
to having stale information in this file. Organizations must use
the "Expires" field (see <xref target="expires" format="default"/>) to indicate to researchers when
the data in the file is no longer valid.</t>
<t>Organizations should ensure that information in this file and any referenced
resources such as web pages, email addresses, and telephone numbers
are kept current, are accessible, controlled by the organization,
and are kept secure.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="intentionally-malformed-files-resources-and-reports" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Intentionally Malformed Files, Resources and Reports</name>
<t>It is possible for compromised or malicious sites to create files that are extraordinarily
large or otherwise malformed in an attempt to discover or exploit weaknesses
in parsing code. Researchers should make sure that any such code
is robust against large or malformed files and fields, and may choose not to parse
files larger than 32 KBs, having fields longer than 2,048 characters or
containing more than 1,000 lines. The ABNF grammar (as defined in
<xref target="abnf" format="default"/>) can also be used as a way to verify these files.</t>
<t>The same concerns apply to any other resources referenced within "security.txt"
files, as well as any security reports received as a result of publishing
this file. Such resources and reports may be hostile, malformed or malicious.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="no-implied-permission-for-testing" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>No Implied Permission for Testing</name>
<t>The presence of a "security.txt" file might be interpreted by researchers
as providing permission to do security testing against the domain or IP address
where it is published, or products and services provided by the organization publishing
the file.
This might result in increased testing against an organization by researchers. On the other hand, a decision not
to publish a "security.txt" file might be interpreted by the
organization operating that website to be a way to signal to researchers
that permission to test that particular site or project is denied. This might result in pushback against
researchers reporting security issues to that organization.</t>
<t>Therefore, researchers shouldn't assume that presence or absence of
a "security.txt" file grants or denies permission for security testing.
Any such permission may be indicated in the company's vulnerability disclosure policy
(as per <xref target="policy" format="default"/>) or a new field (as per <xref target="extensibility" format="default"/>).</t>
</section>
<section anchor="multi-user-environments" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Multi-user Environments</name>
<t>In multi-user / multi-tenant environments, it may possible for a user to take
over the location of the "security.txt" file. Organizations should reserve
the "security.txt" namespace at the root to ensure no third-party can create a page with
the "security.txt" AND "/.well-known/security.txt" names.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="protecting-data-in-transit" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Protecting Data in Transit</name>
<t>To protect a "security.txt" file from being tampered with in transit, implementors MUST use
HTTPS (as per section 2.7.2 of <xref target="RFC7230" format="default"/>) when serving the file itself and for retrieval of any web URIs
referenced in it (except when otherwise noted in this specification). As part of the TLS
handshake, researchers should validate the provided X.509 certificate
in accordance with <xref target="RFC6125" format="default"/> and the following considerations:</t>
<ul spacing="normal">
<li>Matching is performed only against the DNS-ID identifiers.</li>
<li>DNS domain names in server certificates MAY contain the wildcard
character '*' as the complete left-most label within the identifier.</li>
</ul>
<t>The certificate may also be checked for revocation via the Online Certificate Status
Protocol (OCSP) <xref target="RFC6960" format="default"/>, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), or similar mechanisms.</t>
<t>In cases where the "security.txt" file cannot be served via HTTPS (such as localhost) or is
being served with an invalid certificate, additional human validation is recommended since
the contents may have been modified while in transit.</t>
<t>As an additional layer of protection, it is also recommended that
organizations digitally sign their "security.txt" file with OpenPGP (as per <xref target="signature" format="default"/>).
Also, to protect security reports from being tampered with or observed while in transit,
organizations should specify encryption keys (as per <xref target="encryption" format="default"/>) unless
HTTPS is being used for report submission.</t>
<t>However, the determination of validity of such keys is out of scope
for this specification. Security researchers need to establish other secure means to
verify them.</t>
</section>
<section anchor="spam-and-spurious-reports" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Spam and Spurious Reports</name>
<t>Similar to concerns in <xref target="RFC2142" format="default"/>, denial of service attacks via spam reports
would become easier once a "security.txt" file is published by
an organization. In addition, there is an increased likelihood of reports
being sent in an automated fashion and/or as result of automated scans without
human analysis. Attackers can also use this file as a way to spam unrelated
third parties by listing their resources and/or contact information.</t>
<t>Organizations need to weigh the advantages of publishing this file versus
the possible disadvantages and increased resources required to analyze
security reports.</t>
<t>Security researchers should review all information within the "security.txt"
file before submitting reports in an automated fashion or as resulting from automated scans.</t>
</section>
</section>
<section anchor="iana-considerations" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>IANA Considerations</name>
<t>Implementors should be aware that any resources referenced within
a "security.txt" file MUST NOT point to the Well-Known URIs namespace unless
they are registered with IANA (as per <xref target="RFC8615" format="default"/>).</t>
<section anchor="well-known-uris-registry" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Well-Known URIs registry</name>
<t>The "Well-Known URIs" registry should be updated with the following additional
values (using the template from <xref target="RFC8615" format="default"/>):</t>
<t>URI suffix: security.txt</t>
<t>Change controller: IETF</t>
<t>Specification document(s): this document</t>
<t>Status: permanent</t>
</section>
<section anchor="registry" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Registry for security.txt Fields</name>
<t>IANA is requested to create the "security.txt Fields" registry in
accordance with <xref target="RFC8126" format="default"/>. This registry will contain fields for
use in "security.txt" files, defined by this specification.</t>
<t>New registrations or updates MUST be published in accordance with the
"Expert Review" guidelines as described in sections 4.5 and 5 of
<xref target="RFC8126" format="default"/>. Any new field thus registered is considered optional
by this specification unless a new version of this specification is published.</t>
<t>Designated Experts are expected to check whether a proposed registration or update
makes sense in the context of industry accepted vulnerability disclosure processes
such as <xref target="ISO.29147.2018" format="default"/> and <xref target="CERT.CVD" format="default"/>, and provides value to organizations
and researchers using this format.</t>
<t>New registrations and updates MUST contain the following information:</t>
<ol spacing="normal" type="1"><li>Name of the field being registered or updated</li>
<li>Short description of the field</li>
<li>Whether the field can appear more than once</li>
<li>The document in which the specification of the field is published (if available)</li>
<li>
<t>New or updated status, which MUST be one of:
</t>
<ul spacing="normal">
<li>current: The field is in current use</li>
<li>deprecated: The field has been in use, but new usage is discouraged</li>
<li>historic: The field is no longer in current use</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Change controller</li>
</ol>
<t>An update may make a notation on an existing registration indicating
that a registered field is historical or deprecated if appropriate.</t>
<t>The initial registry contains these values:</t>
<artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[
Field Name: Acknowledgments
Description: link to page where security researchers are recognized
Multiple Appearances: Yes
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
Field Name: Canonical
Description: canonical URI for this file
Multiple Appearances: Yes
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
Field Name: Contact
Description: contact information to use for reporting vulnerabilities
Multiple Appearances: Yes
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
Field Name: Expires
Description: date and time after which this file is considered stale
Multiple Appearances: No
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
Field Name: Encryption
Description: link to a key to be used for encrypted communication
Multiple Appearances: Yes
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
Field Name: Hiring
Description: link to the vendor's security-related job positions
Multiple Appearances: Yes
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
Field Name: Policy
Description: link to security policy page
Multiple Appearances: Yes
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
Field Name: Preferred-Languages
Description: list of preferred languages for security reports
Multiple Appearances: No
Published in: this document
Status: current
Change controller: IETF
]]></artwork>
</section>
</section>
<section anchor="contributors" numbered="true" toc="default">
<name>Contributors</name>
<t>The authors would like to acknowledge the help provided during the
development of this document by Tom Hudson, Jobert Abma,
Gerben Janssen van Doorn, Austin Heap, Stephane Bortzmeyer, Max Smith, Eduardo Vela, and Krzysztof Kotowicz.</t>
<t>The authors would also like to acknowledge the feedback provided by multiple members of IETF's
LAST CALL, SAAG, and SECDISPATCH lists.</t>
<t>Yakov would like to also thank L.T.S. (for everything).</t>
</section>
</middle>
<back>
<references>
<name>References</name>
<references>
<name>Normative References</name>
<reference anchor="RFC2142" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2142" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2142.xml">
<front>
<title>Mailbox Names for Common Services, Roles and Functions</title>
<author initials="D." surname="Crocker" fullname="D. Crocker">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="1997" month="May"/>
<abstract>
<t>This specification enumerates and describes Internet mail addresses (mailbox name @ host reference) to be used when contacting personnel at an organization. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="2142"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC2142"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC2119" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2119.xml">
<front>
<title>Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels</title>
<author initials="S." surname="Bradner" fullname="S. Bradner">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="1997" month="March"/>
<abstract>
<t>In many standards track documents several words are used to signify the requirements in the specification. These words are often capitalized. This document defines these words as they should be interpreted in IETF documents. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="BCP" value="14"/>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="2119"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC2119"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC8174" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8174.xml">
<front>
<title>Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words</title>
<author initials="B." surname="Leiba" fullname="B. Leiba">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2017" month="May"/>
<abstract>
<t>RFC 2119 specifies common key words that may be used in protocol specifications. This document aims to reduce the ambiguity by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="BCP" value="14"/>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="8174"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC8174"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC5322" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5322" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5322.xml">
<front>
<title>Internet Message Format</title>
<author initials="P." surname="Resnick" fullname="P. Resnick" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2008" month="October"/>
<abstract>
<t>This document specifies the Internet Message Format (IMF), a syntax for text messages that are sent between computer users, within the framework of "electronic mail" messages. This specification is a revision of Request For Comments (RFC) 2822, which itself superseded Request For Comments (RFC) 822, "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages", updating it to reflect current practice and incorporating incremental changes that were specified in other RFCs. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="5322"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC5322"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC5234" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5234.xml">
<front>
<title>Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF</title>
<author initials="D." surname="Crocker" fullname="D. Crocker" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="P." surname="Overell" fullname="P. Overell">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2008" month="January"/>
<abstract>
<t>Internet technical specifications often need to define a formal syntax. Over the years, a modified version of Backus-Naur Form (BNF), called Augmented BNF (ABNF), has been popular among many Internet specifications. The current specification documents ABNF. It balances compactness and simplicity with reasonable representational power. The differences between standard BNF and ABNF involve naming rules, repetition, alternatives, order-independence, and value ranges. This specification also supplies additional rule definitions and encoding for a core lexical analyzer of the type common to several Internet specifications. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="STD" value="68"/>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="5234"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC5234"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC3986" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.3986.xml">
<front>
<title>Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax</title>
<author initials="T." surname="Berners-Lee" fullname="T. Berners-Lee">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="R." surname="Fielding" fullname="R. Fielding">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="L." surname="Masinter" fullname="L. Masinter">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2005" month="January"/>
<abstract>
<t>A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource. This specification defines the generic URI syntax and a process for resolving URI references that might be in relative form, along with guidelines and security considerations for the use of URIs on the Internet. The URI syntax defines a grammar that is a superset of all valid URIs, allowing an implementation to parse the common components of a URI reference without knowing the scheme-specific requirements of every possible identifier. This specification does not define a generative grammar for URIs; that task is performed by the individual specifications of each URI scheme. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="STD" value="66"/>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="3986"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC3986"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC4880" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4880" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.4880.xml">
<front>
<title>OpenPGP Message Format</title>
<author initials="J." surname="Callas" fullname="J. Callas">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="L." surname="Donnerhacke" fullname="L. Donnerhacke">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="H." surname="Finney" fullname="H. Finney">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="D." surname="Shaw" fullname="D. Shaw">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="R." surname="Thayer" fullname="R. Thayer">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2007" month="November"/>
<abstract>
<t>This document is maintained in order to publish all necessary information needed to develop interoperable applications based on the OpenPGP format. It is not a step-by-step cookbook for writing an application. It describes only the format and methods needed to read, check, generate, and write conforming packets crossing any network. It does not deal with storage and implementation questions. It does, however, discuss implementation issues necessary to avoid security flaws.</t>
<t>OpenPGP software uses a combination of strong public-key and symmetric cryptography to provide security services for electronic communications and data storage. These services include confidentiality, key management, authentication, and digital signatures. This document specifies the message formats used in OpenPGP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="4880"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC4880"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC7230" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7230" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7230.xml">
<front>
<title>Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing</title>
<author initials="R." surname="Fielding" fullname="R. Fielding" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="J." surname="Reschke" fullname="J. Reschke" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2014" month="June"/>
<abstract>
<t>The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document provides an overview of HTTP architecture and its associated terminology, defines the "http" and "https" Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes, defines the HTTP/1.1 message syntax and parsing requirements, and describes related security concerns for implementations.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="7230"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC7230"/>
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<reference anchor="RFC6068" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6068" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.6068.xml">
<front>
<title>The 'mailto' URI Scheme</title>
<author initials="M." surname="Duerst" fullname="M. Duerst">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="L." surname="Masinter" fullname="L. Masinter">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="J." surname="Zawinski" fullname="J. Zawinski">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2010" month="October"/>
<abstract>
<t>This document defines the format of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) to identify resources that are reached using Internet mail. It adds better internationalization and compatibility with Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs; RFC 3987) to the previous syntax of 'mailto' URIs (RFC 2368). [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="6068"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC6068"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC3966" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3966" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.3966.xml">
<front>
<title>The tel URI for Telephone Numbers</title>
<author initials="H." surname="Schulzrinne" fullname="H. Schulzrinne">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2004" month="December"/>
<abstract>
<t>This document specifies the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) scheme "tel". The "tel" URI describes resources identified by telephone numbers. This document obsoletes RFC 2806. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="3966"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC3966"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC3339" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.3339.xml">
<front>
<title>Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps</title>
<author initials="G." surname="Klyne" fullname="G. Klyne">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="C." surname="Newman" fullname="C. Newman">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2002" month="July"/>
<abstract>
<t>This document defines a date and time format for use in Internet protocols that is a profile of the ISO 8601 standard for representation of dates and times using the Gregorian calendar.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="3339"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC3339"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC5646" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5646" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5646.xml">
<front>
<title>Tags for Identifying Languages</title>
<author initials="A." surname="Phillips" fullname="A. Phillips" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="M." surname="Davis" fullname="M. Davis" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2009" month="September"/>
<abstract>
<t>This document describes the structure, content, construction, and semantics of language tags for use in cases where it is desirable to indicate the language used in an information object. It also describes how to register values for use in language tags and the creation of user-defined extensions for private interchange. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="BCP" value="47"/>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="5646"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC5646"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC2277" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2277" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2277.xml">
<front>
<title>IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages</title>
<author initials="H." surname="Alvestrand" fullname="H. Alvestrand">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="1998" month="January"/>
<abstract>
<t>This document is the current policies being applied by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) towards the standardization efforts in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in order to help Internet protocols fulfill these requirements. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="BCP" value="18"/>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="2277"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC2277"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC8615" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8615" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8615.xml">
<front>
<title>Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)</title>
<author initials="M." surname="Nottingham" fullname="M. Nottingham">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2019" month="May"/>
<abstract>
<t>This memo defines a path prefix for "well-known locations", "/.well-known/", in selected Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes.</t>
<t>In doing so, it obsoletes RFC 5785 and updates the URI schemes defined in RFC 7230 to reserve that space. It also updates RFC 7595 to track URI schemes that support well-known URIs in their registry.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="8615"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC8615"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC7231" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7231" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7231.xml">
<front>
<title>Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content</title>
<author initials="R." surname="Fielding" fullname="R. Fielding" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="J." surname="Reschke" fullname="J. Reschke" role="editor">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2014" month="June"/>
<abstract>
<t>The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless \%application- level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document defines the semantics of HTTP/1.1 messages, as expressed by request methods, request header fields, response status codes, and response header fields, along with the payload of messages (metadata and body content) and mechanisms for content negotiation.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="7231"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC7231"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC2046" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2046" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2046.xml">
<front>
<title>Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types</title>
<author initials="N." surname="Freed" fullname="N. Freed">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="N." surname="Borenstein" fullname="N. Borenstein">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="1996" month="November"/>
<abstract>
<t>This second document defines the general structure of the MIME media typing system and defines an initial set of media types. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="2046"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC2046"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC3629" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3629" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.3629.xml">
<front>
<title>UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646</title>
<author initials="F." surname="Yergeau" fullname="F. Yergeau">
<organization/>
</author>
<date year="2003" month="November"/>
<abstract>
<t>ISO/IEC 10646-1 defines a large character set called the Universal Character Set (UCS) which encompasses most of the world's writing systems. The originally proposed encodings of the UCS, however, were not compatible with many current applications and protocols, and this has led to the development of UTF-8, the object of this memo. UTF-8 has the characteristic of preserving the full US-ASCII range, providing compatibility with file systems, parsers and other software that rely on US-ASCII values but are transparent to other values. This memo obsoletes and replaces RFC 2279.</t>
</abstract>
</front>
<seriesInfo name="STD" value="63"/>
<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="3629"/>
<seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.17487/RFC3629"/>
</reference>
<reference anchor="RFC5198" target="https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5198" xml:base="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5198.xml">
<front>
<title>Unicode Format for Network Interchange</title>
<author initials="J." surname="Klensin" fullname="J. Klensin">
<organization/>
</author>
<author initials="M." surname="Padlipsky" fullname="M. Padlipsky">