generated: '2026-09-19'
method: searched
probe: true
source: https://github.com/Vortx-AI/emem/blob/main/SECURITY.md
sources:
- well-known/emem-dev-security.txt (https://emem.dev/.well-known/security.txt, 200, Expires 2027-09-20T01:46:26Z)
- https://github.com/Vortx-AI/emem/blob/main/SECURITY.md (last updated 2026-08-24; also served at https://emem.dev/security, 200)
- https://emem.dev/support
policy:
- https://github.com/Vortx-AI/emem/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- https://emem.dev/security
contact:
- https://github.com/Vortx-AI/emem/security/advisories/new
- mailto:avijeet@vortx.ai
acknowledgments: https://github.com/Vortx-AI/emem/security/advisories
canonical: https://emem.dev/.well-known/security.txt
preferred_languages: [en]
encryption: none - deliberately omitted; the only published key is an ed25519 signing key, which cannot encrypt (SECURITY.md explains the omission)
program:
  type: coordinated vulnerability disclosure (no bug bounty, no HackerOne/Bugcrowd/Intigriti program found)
  acknowledgement: within 72 hours
  disclosure_timeline: 90 days from initial report to public fix + advisory; embargo shortened for non-controversial fixes or extended by agreement
  credit: in release notes, with permission
  safe_harbor: >-
    Stated - no legal action or law-enforcement referral against good-faith researchers who test only
    what they own or the public instance at reasonable rate, avoid others' data, allow remediation time
    and do not exfiltrate more than needed; "Activity consistent with this policy is authorised."
  scope:
  - emem responder (emem-server and the crates in the repo)
  - the emem protocol (signatures, merkle log, content addressing)
  - default-build data fetch paths (vsicurl Range reads, Nominatim geocoder)
  - the hosted instance https://emem.dev (and the hf.space mirror)
  out_of_scope:
  - third-party MCP / IDE clients
  - operator-registered upstream connectors not in the default build
  - cargo dependency bugs (report upstream)
  - upstream open-data providers (Open-Meteo, MET Norway, Copernicus DEM, JRC GSW, Hansen GFC, ESA WorldCover, OSM/Overture, NASA/USGS ...)
  supported_versions: 2.4.x current; <= 2.3.x unsupported (the hosted responder runs the tip of main)
hardening_published:
  tls: rustls 1.2/1.3, modern ciphers, Let's Encrypt
  hsts: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload (observed live)
  csp: default-src 'self' with hash-based script-src/style-src, no analytics origin (observed live)
  other_headers: [X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, CSP frame-ancestors/base-uri/form-action]
  body_cap: 16 MiB on POST (413)
  request_timeout: 40 s (504)
  per_ip_rate_limit: 600 req/min sustained, 120 burst, Retry-After 1
  identity: ed25519 secret stored mode 0600, never logged
  unsafe_code: forbidden in emem-api-rest
cryptographic_invariants: >-
  Five invariants the provider commits to patch immediately if broken - canonical CBOR CIDs identical
  across parties; order-stable merkle roots; receipts verify offline against the embedded responder key;
  the append-only merkle log replays bit-for-bit; the identity secret never appears in stdout/journal.
evidence:
- source: well-known/emem-dev-security.txt
  kind: security.txt (RFC 9116, harvested 2026-09-19)
  http_status: 200
- source: https://emem.dev/security
  kind: security policy page (markdown, same text as SECURITY.md)
  http_status: 200
- source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vortx-AI/emem/main/SECURITY.md
  http_status: 200