Security

Security Disclosure Policy

VibeScan is a security product. We take the security of our own infrastructure seriously and welcome responsible disclosure from the security community.

How to report a vulnerability

If you discover a security vulnerability in VibeScan — including the scanning engine, API endpoints, web application, or any other service we operate — please report it to us privately before any public disclosure.

Security contact
security@vibescan.space
Monitored daily. PGP key available on request.

Please include in your report: a description of the vulnerability, steps to reproduce, potential impact, and any supporting evidence (screenshots, request/response logs, PoC code). The more detail you provide, the faster we can remediate.

Scope

In scope
  • ✓www.vibescan.space and subdomains
  • ✓The VibeScan scanning API
  • ✓Authentication system
  • ✓Stripe payment integration
  • ✓User data / scan results storage
  • ✓Security badge infrastructure
Out of scope
  • —Denial of service attacks
  • —Physical or social engineering
  • —Third-party services (Stripe, Vercel, Supabase)
  • —Apps scanned by users (not our infrastructure)
  • —Rate limit bypasses without security impact
  • —Self-XSS or issues requiring user interaction

Our commitments to you

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Acknowledgement within 48 hours

We will confirm receipt of your report and provide an initial assessment within 48 hours of receiving it.

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Remediation timeline within 7 days

We will communicate a timeline for remediation within 7 business days. Critical vulnerabilities are prioritised immediately.

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90-day coordinated disclosure

We ask for 90 days from acknowledgement to patch and deploy a fix before any public disclosure. We will work with you on the timeline if circumstances require it.

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Safe harbor

We will not pursue legal action against researchers acting in good faith, following this policy, and not accessing, modifying, or destroying user data.

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Credit

We will credit researchers by name (or anonymously, by request) in our security changelog when their report leads to a confirmed fix.

Guidelines for researchers

To qualify for safe harbor and recognition, please:

  • Report issues privately to security@vibescan.space before disclosing them publicly.
  • Do not access, modify, exfiltrate, or destroy data belonging to other users.
  • Do not disrupt our service — test against your own scans and accounts only.
  • Provide sufficient detail to reproduce the issue.
  • Give us reasonable time to fix the issue before publishing.

Verification

If you need to encrypt sensitive vulnerability details, email security@vibescan.space to request our PGP public key. We will provide it within 24 hours.

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