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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

Supported Versions

Version Supported
1.0.x

Reporting a Vulnerability

If you discover a security vulnerability in Buffer, please do not open a public GitHub issue.

Instead, report it privately by emailing the maintainer or using GitHub's private vulnerability reporting:

  1. Go to the Security tab of this repository
  2. Click "Report a vulnerability"
  3. Fill in the details

What to include

  • A clear description of the vulnerability
  • Steps to reproduce it
  • Potential impact
  • Any suggested fix (optional)

Response timeline

  • Acknowledgement: Within 48 hours
  • Status update: Within 7 days
  • Fix / patch: As soon as reasonably possible, depending on severity

Scope

Buffer is a local-only macOS clipboard manager. It does not transmit any data over the network. All clipboard data is stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Buffer/ on your device.

Security concerns most relevant to this project:

  • Local privilege escalation
  • Unauthorized access to clipboard data stored on disk
  • Vulnerabilities in the accessibility/hotkey permission flow

Disclosure Policy

We follow responsible disclosure. Once a fix is released, we will publicly acknowledge the report (with your permission).

There aren’t any published security advisories