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Security Policy Update on prenotifications
Type: otherSources: OpenSSL news
OpenSSL updated its security policy to allow prenotification of Premium Support customers about future High and Critical security issues. The change does not alter existing notification practices or the policy of keeping embargoes as short as possible.
- Products
- OpenSSL
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-6309, CVE-2017-3733, CVE-2020-1967
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 23:50 UTC · Revision 1
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Security Policy Update on prenotifications
official-openssl-news · Original sourcePublished 12 May 2020, 09:00 UTC
OpenSSL updated its security policy to allow prenotification of Premium Support customers about future High and Critical security issues. The change does not alter existing notification practices or the policy of keeping embargoes as short as possible.
The OMC voted this week to update our security policy to include the option of us giving prenotification to companies with which we have a commercial relationship. (Edited to clarify: the vote was to allow notification to our Premium Support customers
OpenSSL
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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