For the security of our systems

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Responsible disclosure

At the Inholland University of Applied Sciences, we consider the security of our systems a top priority. But no matter how much effort we put into system security, there can still be vulnerabilities present.

If you discover a vulnerability, we would like to know about it so we can take steps to address it as quickly as possible. We would like to ask you to help us better protect our clients and our systems.

More about responsible disclosure

Request of you

Request of you

  • Report your findings via this webform
  • Do not take advantage of the vulnerability or problem you have discovered, for example by downloading more data than necessary to demonstrate the vulnerability or deleting or modifying other people's data,
  • Do not reveal the problem to others until it has been resolved,
  • Do not use attacks on physical security, social engineering, distributed denial of service, spam or applications of third parties, and
  • Do provide sufficient information to reproduce the problem, so we will be able to resolve it as quickly as possible. Usually, the IP address or the URL of the affected system and a description of the vulnerability will be sufficient, but complex vulnerabilities may require further explanation.

What we promise

What we promise

  • We will respond to your report within 5 business days with our evaluation of the report and an expected resolution date,
  • If you have followed the instructions above, we will not take any legal action against you in regard to the report,
  • We will handle your report with strict confidentiality, and not pass on your personal details to third parties without your permission,
  • We will keep you informed of the progress towards resolving the problem,
  • In the public information concerning the problem reported, we will give your name as the discoverer of the problem (unless you desire otherwise), and
  • As a token of our gratitude for your assistance, we may offer a reward for every report of a security problem that was not yet known to us. We are not obliged to do so. There are no set rewards determined. The amount of the reward will be determined based on the severity of the leak and the quality of the report.
  • We strive to resolve all problems as quickly as possible, and we would like to play an active role in the ultimate publication on the problem after it is resolved.

Out of scope

Out of scope

Inholland University of Applied Sciences does not reward trivial vulnerabilities or bugs that cannot be abused. The following are examples of known and accepted vulnerabilities and risks that are outside the scope of the responsible disclosure policy:

  • HTTP 404 codes/pages or other HTTP non-200 codes/pages and Content Spoofing/Text Injection on these pages
  • Fingerprint version banner disclosure on common/public services
  • Disclosure of known public files or directories or non-sensitive information, (e.g. robots.txt)
  • Clickjacking and issues only exploitable through clickjacking
  • Lack of Secure/HTTPOnly flags on non-sensitive Cookies
  • OPTIONS HTTP method enabled
  • Anything related to HTTP security headers, e.g.:
    • Strict-Transport-Security
    • X-Frame-Options
    • X-XSS-Protection
    • X-Content-Type-Options
    • Content-Security-Policy
  • SSL-configuratie issues
  • SSL forward secrecy not enabled
  • Weak / insecure cipher suites
  • SPF, DKIM, DMARC issues
  • Host header injection
  • Reporting older versions of any software without proof of concept or working exploit
  • Information leakage in metadata.

Wall of Fame

Wall of Fame

We would like to thank the following people who have made a responsible disclosure to us by pointing us towards vulnerabilities in our websites. Together we found a solution.

  • Prajit Sindhkar
  • Gaurav Popalghat
  • Ahmad Asaad
  • Nilesh Agrawal Koyo
  • Nikhil Rane
  • Abhiram Goud
  • Sushil Phuyal
  • Surabhi Singhania
  • Girish B O
  • Mohammed Nuredin
  • G Bharath Kalyan
  • Joost Grunwald
  • Abdennour Chakifi
  • Bibek Shah
  • Tom Kluter
  • Mohamed Akees
  • Asif Nawaz Minhas
  • Abdennour Chakifi
  • Joel Mathias
  • Oyetunde Yunus (Coy Emerald)

  • Shaik Mahammad Javeed Afrose

Our policy falls under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. The policy is based on the example of Floor Terra.

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