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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 source

Published 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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