# Reporting security issues

The Gitea maintainers take security seriously.

If you discover a security issue, please bring it to their attention right away!

## Reporting a Vulnerability

Please **DO NOT** file a public issue, instead send your report privately to `security@gitea.io`.

## Protecting Security Information

Due to the sensitive nature of security information, you can use below GPG public key encrypt your mail body.

The PGP key is valid until June 24, 2024.

```
Key ID: 6FCD2D5B
Key Type: RSA
Expires: 6/24/2024
Key Size: 4096/4096
Fingerprint: 3DE0 3D1E 144A 7F06 9359 99DC AAFD 2381 6FCD 2D5B
```

UserID: Gitea Security <security@gitea.io>

```
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```

Security reports are greatly appreciated and we will publicly thank you for it, although we keep your name confidential if you request it.
