Responsible Disclosure Policy

Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. will engage with external security researchers when vulnerabilities are reported according to the rules set about in the responsible disclosure policy.

Rules

Any vulnerabilities submitted through this policy must adhere to the following rules:

Submissions must adhere to the scope mentioned in this policy.
Any information about the vulnerability must remain confidential between Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and yourself indefinitely.
The vulnerability cannot be disclosed in any medium or form.
Do not perform an attack that would compromise the integrity of Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. services.
DDOS for example is NOT allowed.
You waive claims of any nature arising out of a disclosure accepted by Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd..

Requests for Compensation

We do only provide Hall of Fame (Acknowledgement on our own Website) & not provide monetary compensation for any vulnerability reported. Requesting compensation will make you non-compliant with this policy. Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. may however choose to send Certificate of Appreciation or Swag at its own discretion.

Scope

In Scope:

The following targets are considered in scope:

Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. website located at https://acharyaenterprise.com
Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. web application located at https://{subdomain}.acharyaenterprise.com

Out of scope:

Social engineering
DDOS
Automation scripts and tools
Any spelling mistakes
Any UI/UX bugs
Issues that do not affect the latest version of modern browsers
General best practice concerns
Same issue under multiple subdomains
Self XSS
Open Redirect without proven security impact
Brute Force attacks
Man-in-the-Middle attack
Clickjacking without proven security impact
Disclosed Google API keys
Verbose messages/errors without disclosing any sensitive information
CORS misconfiguration on non-sensitive endpoints
Missing cookie flags
Missing security headers
Tab-nabbing
Host Header Injection
Cross-domain referrer leakage
Email spoofing, SPF, DMARC or DKIM
Email bombing
Version disclosure
Issues that require unlikely user interaction
Broken link hijacking (e.g. social media links)
Weak SSL/TLS configurations reports
Disclosing API keys without any security impact
Physical attacks – Attacks that require physical access to a victim’s device
Recently disclosed 0-day vulnerabilities in third-party products
Reports without proof of exploitation
Stripping EXIF data – We choose not to strip EXIF data since customers need them. This is by design.
Known issues

How to Submit a Vulnerability Report

All vulnerabilities must be reported to security@acharyaenterprise.com with the following details:

Details:

Full Name:
Mobile Number:
LinkedIn Profile:
Bug Details:
Name of the Vulnerability:
Proof of concept:
Detailed steps to reproduce:

Preference, Prioritization, and Acceptance Criteria We will use the following criteria to prioritize and triage submissions.

What we would like to see from YOU:

Well-written reports in English will have a higher probability of resolution.
Reports that include proof-of-concept code equip us to better triage.
Reports that include only crash dumps or other automated tool output may receive lower priority.
Reports that include products not on the initial scope list may receive lower priority.
Please include how you found the bug, the impact, and any potential remediation.
Please include any plans or intentions for public disclosure.

What you can expect from Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.

A timely response to your email (within 3 business days).
After triage, we will send an expected timeline, and commit to being as transparent as possible about the remediation timeline as well as on issues or challenges that may extend it.
An open dialog to discuss issues.
Notification when the vulnerability analysis has completed each stage of our review.
Credit/Acknowledgement/Certificate after the vulnerability has been validated and fixed.

Complying with this policy

As long as you follow the instructions laid out in this policy, Acharya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. will commit to the following:

We will not pursue civil or criminal legal action against you or initiate a complaint to law enforcement for accidental, good faith violations of this policy considering there is no damage done to the party concerned. We consider activities conducted consistent with this policy to constitute “authorized” conduct under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
We will work with you to understand the vulnerability and fix it.
We will keep you informed of the timeline to fix the vulnerability, post verifying its authenticity.

Public disclosure

By default, this program is in “PUBLIC NONDISCLOSURE” mode which means:

‍THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT ALLOW PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. ONE SHOULD NOT RELEASE THE INFORMATION ABOUT VULNERABILITIES FOUND IN THIS PROGRAM TO THE PUBLIC, FAILING WHICH THEY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR LEGAL PENALTIES.