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Security Policy

Supported Versions

Version Supported
3.x.x ✅
2.x.x ✅ (security fixes only)
1.x.x ❌
< 1.0 ❌

Reporting a Vulnerability

We take security seriously. If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it responsibly.

How to Report

  1. DO NOT open a public GitHub issue for security vulnerabilities
  2. Email security concerns to: aethermoregames@pm.me
  3. Include:
    • Description of the vulnerability
    • Steps to reproduce
    • Potential impact
    • Any suggested fixes

Response Timeline

Severity Initial Response Resolution Target
Critical 24 hours 7 days
High 48 hours 14 days
Medium 7 days 30 days
Low 14 days 90 days

What to Expect

  1. Acknowledgment of your report within the response time
  2. Regular updates on our progress
  3. Credit in the security advisory (unless you prefer anonymity)
  4. Notification when the vulnerability is fixed

Security Best Practices

For Operators

  1. Never hardcode API keys - Use environment variables

    export SCBE_API_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)

  2. Use TLS 1.3 - Configure your reverse proxy appropriately

  3. Enable audit logging - All decisions are logged by default

  4. Rotate keys regularly - Recommended: 90 days

  5. Monitor for anomalies - Export logs to your SIEM

For Developers

  1. No secrets in code - Use environment variables or secret managers
  2. Pin dependencies - Use lockfiles with hashes
  3. Run security scans - Bandit for Python, npm audit for Node
  4. Review PRs - All changes require review

Security Features

Cryptographic Choices

Purpose Algorithm Standard
Symmetric Encryption AES-256-GCM NIST FIPS 197
Key Encapsulation ML-KEM-768 NIST FIPS 203
Digital Signatures ML-DSA-65 NIST FIPS 204
Hashing SHA-3-256 NIST FIPS 202
Key Derivation HKDF RFC 5869

Zero Trust Design

  • Every request requires authentication
  • No implicit trust between components
  • All decisions are logged and auditable
  • Fail-secure: defaults to DENY

Audit Trail

All governance decisions include:

  • Timestamp (ISO 8601)
  • Agent identity
  • Action attempted
  • Decision (ALLOW/DENY/QUARANTINE)
  • Score and explanation
  • Correlation ID

Known Limitations

  1. In-memory storage - Production deployments should use persistent storage
  2. Single-node - High availability requires external load balancing
  3. PQC fallback - Full NIST PQC requires liboqs or kyber-py/dilithium-py (pure Python fallback available)
  4. Timestamp race condition - test_121_large_medical_image_transfer has a known timing-dependent assertion under heavy load; tracked and non-exploitable

Entropy Surface Defense Layer

Active anti-extraction defense using information-theoretic nullification:

Posture Signal Retention Trigger
TRANSPARENT ~100% Normal operation
GUARDED 50-95% Mild anomaly detected
OPAQUE 10-50% Active probing or budget pressure
SILENT <10% Budget exhausted or confirmed extraction

The nullification function N(x) = σ · f(x) + (1 - σ) · U ensures surrogate models trained on probing pairs converge to the uniform distribution — they learn noise, not behavior.

  • TypeScript: packages/kernel/src/entropySurface.ts
  • Python: src/symphonic_cipher/scbe_aethermoore/entropy_surface.py

Security Contacts

For security-related inquiries:

  • GitHub Security Advisories: enabled on this repository
  • Email: aethermoregames@pm.me (Issac Daniel Davis, Founder)
  • Patent: USPTO #63/961,403 (provisional)
  • ORCID: 0009-0002-3936-9369

Acknowledgments

We thank the following for responsible disclosure:

  • (None yet — be the first!)

There aren’t any published security advisories