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Submitting a case

Once a reporter has submitted a vulnerability report, they will receive an email with the VRF# (Vulnerability Reporting Form Number) as an acknowledgment of receipt of the report. At this point, the submission is placed in the "Pending" state, shown by the "Pending" tag within the report. Reporters can view their submitted reports that are in the "Pending" state by clicking on "My Vulnerability Reports" in the left menu bar.

If the coordinators have questions for the reporter before accepting the case for coordination (while it is still in the "Pending" state), we can comment directly on the VRF# with our questions. When this happens, the reporter will get an email stating that there was an update to their vulnerability report. They will need to log into VINCE and check their vulnerability report for the update.

If a reporter wants to share more information with the coordinators while their case is still pending, they can add comments or files directly to the VRF#. To do this, they need to select the VRF# within the "My Vulnerability Reports" page and scroll below their report to find the comment box and file upload area.

Being notified of a case

Your organization will be notified when you are added to an open vulnerability case in the following ways:

Getting added to a case

If you have been told about an existing vulnerability case from a group already involved and believe that you should also be involved, you can contact the coordinators to be added to the case. From the "Inbox", click the button "New Message" and choose "Request for Vendor Access to a Case" from the "Why are you contacting us?" dropdown.

Researchers are typically added to the case by default and should not need to explicitly request access. If you do need to request access, you should follow the same steps outlined above.

Participating in the case discussion

When sharing in the case discussion, all parties are expected to abide by the Rules of Engagement and the Vulnerability Disclosure Policy.

The right bar within the Case Discussion will show the coordinators, reporter(s), and vendor organization(s) that are included in the caseĀ  The coordinators will create a pinned post with relevant information that will stay at the top of the discussion

other comms: pointer to comms, private thread, PM to coordinator


Attachments/artifacts


Giving a vendor statement



vul note/disclosure - be aware of vul note, review draft, comment/feedback, update vendor status, be aware that vul note is published



from the vul note page...

Vulnerability Notes are the advisories CERT/CC publishes for most, but not all, cases.


be aware of new and Review vulnerability note

suggest changes/provide feedback

link to providing vendor status

know when published/updated


What parts of comms in vince remain unpublished, what is published

CVSS (FAQ), other stuff about vul notes