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Updated the security reporting policy to reflect coordinated vulnerability disclosure practices, and link to the CERT/CC guide.

Goal

Provide correct framing for the AWS vulnerability disclosure process, which includes CVD as a practice

Why

"Responsible disclosure" is discouraged framing for CVD. See this note in the guide

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Updated the security reporting policy to reflect coordinated vulnerability disclosure practices, and link to the CERT/CC guide.
@WesleyRosenblum WesleyRosenblum self-requested a review June 12, 2026 19:35
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is dedicated to the responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) practices industry-standard Coodinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) with the goal of reducing adversary advantage while a security vulnerability is being addressed. The [CERT® Guide to Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure](https://certcc.github.io/CERT-Guide-to-CVD/tutorials/cvd_in_a_nutshell/) provides information about the CVD process, and outlines tools and practices that can help achieve this goal.

We kindly ask that you **do not** open a public GitHub issue to report security concerns.

@WesleyRosenblum WesleyRosenblum Jun 12, 2026

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now that the first paragraph is longer, I'm thinking we move this first and the next (the line about not opening a GitHub issue) so it doesn't get missed, since thats the main point we want to get across

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