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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

About CloudWire's security model

CloudWire is a read-only local tool. It:

  • Never modifies AWS resources (only Describe*, List*, and Get* API calls)
  • Never transmits data outside your machine
  • Binds to 127.0.0.1 by default (warns if you bind to 0.0.0.0)
  • Never stores AWS credentials -- it uses your existing credential chain

The graph data (including ARNs, VPC CIDRs, security group rules) is held in-memory only and discarded when the process exits.

Supported versions

Version Supported
Latest (0.2.x) Yes
< 0.2.0 No

Reporting a vulnerability

If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it responsibly:

  1. Do NOT open a public GitHub issue.
  2. Use GitHub's private vulnerability reporting to submit your report.
  3. Include: affected version, steps to reproduce, potential impact.

You can expect an initial response within 72 hours. We will work with you to understand the issue and coordinate a fix before any public disclosure.

Scope

Security issues we care about:

  • Unintended write operations to AWS accounts
  • Data exfiltration from the local server (e.g., CSRF attacks when bound to localhost)
  • Path traversal or injection in the API or file upload endpoints
  • Credential leakage in logs, error messages, or API responses

Out of scope:

  • Vulnerabilities that require the attacker to already have access to the local machine
  • Denial of service against the local-only server
  • Issues in upstream dependencies (report those to the relevant project)

There aren't any published security advisories