🔒 Security Policy

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Reporting a Vulnerability

We take security seriously. If you discover a security vulnerability, please follow these steps:

How to Report

📧 Email: [email protected]

🔐 Encrypted: For sensitive information, please use our PGP key:

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🚨 Critical Issues: For critical vulnerabilities that need immediate attention, please also contact us via Discord or phone if provided in private communications.

What to Include

Please provide as much detail as possible:

• Description: Clear description of the vulnerability
• Impact: Potential impact and severity
• Reproduction: Steps to reproduce the issue
• Environment: System information, versions, etc.
• Proof of Concept: If possible, without being destructive

Response Process

1. Acknowledgment: We'll respond within 24 hours
2. Investigation: Security team investigates the report
3. Resolution: Fix developed and tested
4. Disclosure: Coordinated disclosure with reporter
5. Release: Security update released

Security Considerations

Architecture Security

CHIMERA's Security Advantages:

• 🔒 Framework Independence: No dependency on external ML frameworks reduces attack surface
• 🎯 Minimal Dependencies: Only 10MB of dependencies vs 2.5GB+ for traditional frameworks
• 🏠 Local Processing: All computation happens locally, no cloud dependencies
• 🔍 Transparent Code: Pure OpenGL implementation is easier to audit

Potential Security Considerations:

• GPU Memory Access: Direct GPU memory manipulation requires careful bounds checking
• Shader Compilation: User-provided shaders should be validated
• Resource Management: GPU resource cleanup prevents memory leaks
• Input Validation: All inputs should be sanitized before GPU processing

Best Practices for Users

For Production Use:

# Validate all inputs before processing
def safe_inference(model, input_text):
    # Input sanitization
    if not isinstance(input_text, str) or len(input_text) > max_length:
        raise ValueError("Invalid input")

    # Safe GPU memory allocation
    try:
        result = model.generate(input_text)
        return result
    finally:
        # Ensure GPU cleanup
        model.cleanup_resources()

For Development:

# Run security tests
python -m pytest tests/security/

# Scan dependencies
pip-audit

# Check for vulnerabilities
bandit -r chimera_v3/

Dependency Security

Core Dependencies (Regularly audited):

• moderngl: OpenGL wrapper - CVE monitoring active
• numpy: Numerical computing - Security updates tracked
• pillow: Image processing - Regular security patches

Optional Dependencies (Use with caution):

• torch: Only for model conversion - Update to latest stable
• transformers: Only for model conversion - Use official versions only

Security Updates

Release Process

Security updates follow this process:

1. 🔒 Private Development: Fix developed in private branch
2. ✅ Testing: Comprehensive testing including security tests
3. 📦 Release: Security update released as patch version
4. 📢 Announcement: Security advisory published
5. 🔄 Update: Users notified to update

Staying Updated

Automatic Updates (Recommended):

import chimera_v3

# Check for updates
updates_available = chimera_v3.check_for_updates()
if updates_available:
    print("Security updates available!")
    # Auto-update logic here

Manual Updates:

# Check current version
python -c "import chimera_v3; print(chimera_v3.__version__)"

# Update to latest
pip install --upgrade chimera-ai

# Verify installation
python -c "import chimera_v3; print('Updated to:', chimera_v3.__version__)"

Responsible Disclosure

We believe in responsible disclosure and will:

• ✅ Credit researchers who report vulnerabilities
• ✅ Work with reporters to understand and fix issues
• ✅ Provide clear timelines for fixes
• ✅ Release fixes as quickly as possible
• ❌ Not take legal action against researchers reporting in good faith

Security Team

Security Team Contacts:

• Lead: Francisco Angulo de Lafuente
• Email: [email protected]
• Keybase: @chimera-security (for encrypted communications)
• Discord: #security channel

Security Team Responsibilities:

• Vulnerability response and coordination
• Security review of new features
• Security documentation maintenance
• Community security education

Additional Resources

Security Testing

Run Security Tests:

# Install security testing tools
pip install bandit safety pip-audit

# Run security scans
bandit -r chimera_v3/
safety check
pip-audit

# Run security test suite
python -m pytest tests/security/ -v

Security Documentation

• Threat Model: docs/security/threat_model.md
• Security Architecture: docs/security/architecture.md
• Secure Development: docs/security/development.md
• Incident Response: docs/security/incident_response.md

External Security Resources

• OWASP GPU Security
• OpenGL Security Best Practices
• Python Security Best Practices

Thank you for helping keep CHIMERA secure! 🔒

For questions about this security policy, please contact [email protected]