Put FedRAMP vulns in the "Open to GitLab" category
Why is this change being made?
Following up on a Slack conversation (internal only): https://gitlab.slack.com/archives/C0110E0NMT9/p1679923485846709?thread_ts=1679912071.709759&cid=C0110E0NMT9
By default, patched vulnerabilities are typically made public after 30 days. That's because "our position is that all information and activities produced by the security team should be considered "Public by Default" unless defined below...".
By explicitly putting FedRAMP vulnerabilities in the "Open to GitLab" exclusions category, we are transparent that we won't be transparent
Existing handbook comments on disclosure
At GitLab we value being as transparent as possible, even when it costs. Part of this is making confidential GitLab issues about security vulnerabilities public 30 days after a patch.
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/security/#process-for-disclosing-security-issues
All vulnerabilities will be made public via our issue tracker 30 days after releasing the fix. We try and redact all information considered sensitive (such as cookies, tokens, data details). The only time we will make an exception and not make a vulnerability public is when it contains sensitive data which we are unable to redact or remove from the report.
https://about.gitlab.com/security/disclosure/#vulnerability-disclosure
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