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@@ -17,3 +17,28 @@ Use the affected repository's report form, not this repository's form for an unr
 
 If that option is unavailable, request a private reporting channel without posting sensitive
 details. Wait for a private channel before sending reproduction steps or impact information.
+
+A useful report names the affected repository and version or commit, explains the impact, and
+gives the smallest reproduction you can. Please test only against your own installations, never
+against someone else's deployment or data.
+
+## What Happens Next
+
+- **Acknowledgement:** we accept or decline the report within three business days, and tell you
+  which.
+- **Assessment:** we confirm the issue and its severity, and tell you the result within seven days.
+- **Fix:** we aim to release a fix within 14 days for critical and high severity issues, and
+  within 90 days for others. We tell you if a fix will take longer.
+- **Disclosure:** we keep the report private until a fixed release is available. We then publish
+  a GitHub security advisory, with a CVE where one applies, and credit you unless you would rather
+  stay anonymous.
+- **Handling:** reports are triaged with the help of AI agents under the maintainer's
+  supervision. A report stays inside the private advisory. Its proof of concept is never run: we
+  reproduce the issue with our own tests.
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+- Vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies, unless our use of them makes the issue worse.
+  Please report those upstream.
+- Issues that need an already compromised machine or account, or physical access.
+- Findings from automated scanners without a demonstrated impact.