A severity of the vulnerability is established based on its CVSS score.
A confidential issue is created in Fluid Attacks' bug tracker, and prioritized according to its severity.
If appropriate, users are notified of the vulnerability including any steps for them to take, but without any details that could suggest an exploitation path.
Appropriate patches are worked on locally by the Response Team.
Patches are reviewed with the researcher.
Vulnerability announcement is drafted and a release date if discussed.
At the release date: the fix is deployed, and the vulnerability is announced at Fluid Attacks News, and through e-mail to the affected users if appropriate.
The researcher is contacted and asked if they wish for credit.
Internal Fluid Attacks meetings are held in order to analyze the incident and take any actions that can isolate our code base, prevent similar incidents, reduce future incidents, or improve future responses.