Thanks for taking the time to report security issues responsibly. This page tells you how to reach the maintainer privately and what to expect.

falsegreen is on its first development cycle. Security fixes land on the latest commit on main. There is no separate long-term support branch yet.

When the first 1.x release ships, this table will be updated.

The scanner reads test files and parses them with Python's ast module. It does not import or execute the code it scans, so a malicious test file cannot run through the scanner alone. The realistic concerns are narrow: a crafted file that makes the parser hang or crash, the --staged path shelling out to git, and the generated pre-commit hook. Reports in those areas are welcome.

Do not open a public GitHub issue for security problems. Public issues are visible to everyone, including people who might act on the bug before a fix ships. Use a private channel instead.

• GitHub Security Advisories (preferred): open a private report at https://github.com/vinicq/falsegreen/security/advisories/new. This keeps the discussion inside the repo and lets the maintainer credit you in the release notes if you want.
• Email: vinicq@gmail.com with the subject prefix [falsegreen security].

Include in the report:

• A short description of the issue and the impact you observed or expect.
• Steps to reproduce, ideally with a minimal test file that triggers it.
• The commit SHA or version you tested.
• Whether the issue has already been disclosed elsewhere.

If you are not sure whether something counts as a security issue, send the report anyway.

• An acknowledgement within five business days.
• A reproduction or follow-up question within ten business days.
• A fix or a clear "won't fix" rationale before any public disclosure.
• Credit in the release notes if you want it. Anonymous reports are fine too.

These are bugs, not vulnerabilities — file them as regular issues:

• A false positive or false negative in detection. The scanner is heuristic; a wrong verdict is a quality bug, not a security hole.
• The scanner being slow on a very large file or repository.
• A finding you disagree with on style grounds.