Security
The security of our systems is our top priority. We appreciate investigative work into system security carried out by ethical security researchers. If you discover a vulnerability, however small, we would like to know about it so we can address, as quickly as possible.
Reporting a vulnerability
Please email findings to security@val.town.
Responsible Disclosure
- Do not take advantage of the vulnerability or problem you have discovered. For example only download data that is necessary to demonstrate the vulnerability - do not download any more. Also do not delete, modify, or view other people’s data.
- Do not publish or reveal the problem until it has been resolved.
- Do not use attacks on physical security, social engineering, distributed denial of service, spam or applications of third parties.
Our commitment
- If you act in accordance with this policy, we will not take legal action against you in regard to your report.
- We will handle your report with strict confidentiality, and not pass on your personal details to third parties without your permission.
- We offer various bug bounties as compensation, depending on the severity of the exploit found.
In-scope domains
Val Town uses the following domains:
val.townvaltown.emailapi.val.townesm.town*.val.run
Subdomains of these domains are additionally in scope for the program.
Out of scope issues
- Reports that target vulnerabilities on outdated or deprecated browsers, open source libraries, or infrastructure
- Reports relating to missing security hardening headers
- Reports from automated tools or scans
- Our policies on presence/absence of SPF/DMARC/DKIM/CAA/BIMI records
- Self-XSS or developer console code execution
- Login/logout CSRF
- Phishing or social engineering attacks
- Brute force login attempts
- Bugs on Vals themselves. Vals are user-controlled code and are not part of Val Town’s product surface
- Denial of Service or brute force attacks
- Violating any laws or breaching any agreements in order to discover vulnerabilities