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docs(security): warn users about malicious "fix" attachment spam (#44)
Adds an advisory to SECURITY.md covering the automated spam campaign that attaches malware archives (e.g. bd_fix_v1.zip) to issue comments via GitHub's user-attachments uploader. Part of an org-wide response. Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -9,6 +9,32 @@ If you discover a security vulnerability in Wasteland, please report it responsi
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3. Include steps to reproduce the vulnerability
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4. Allow reasonable time for a fix before public disclosure
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## Malicious "fix" attachments in issues, PRs, and discussions
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Automated spam accounts have been posting on newly-opened issues across GitHub —
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including in this project — with a friendly, issue-specific message and an
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attached archive (for example a file named like `*_fix.zip`, `fix_win.zip`, or a
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"patched build") that claims to solve your problem. **These files are malware. Do
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not download or run them.**
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How to stay safe:
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- **Official builds and releases come only from this repository's
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[Releases](https://github.com/gastownhall/wasteland/releases) page** and the project's documented install
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instructions. Maintainers will never ask you to download a zip or executable
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posted in an issue, pull request, or discussion comment.
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- A link that points to `github.com/user-attachments/files/...` is a file
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someone attached to a comment — it is **not** a vetted release asset, even
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though the URL is hosted on `github.com`.
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- Be especially wary of a brand-new account offering a "fix" as a download
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within minutes of your post, or telling you to run an install command for a
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package or module that is not an official project source.
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If you see one of these comments, please **report it** (the comment's `...` menu
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*Report content*) and do not click the attachment. Note that deleting the
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comment does not remove the uploaded file from GitHub's servers, so also report
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the attachment to GitHub Support so it can be taken down.
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## Scope
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Wasteland is experimental software focused on DoltHub federation. Security considerations include:

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