# Reporting Security Issues

The Sidero Labs team and community take security bugs in Talos Linux seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings, and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions.

To report a security issue, please use the GitHub Security Advisory ["Report a Vulnerability"](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/security/advisories/new) tab.

The Sidero Labs team will send a response indicating the next steps in handling your report. After the initial reply to your report, the security team will keep you informed of the progress towards a fix and full announcement, and may ask for additional information or guidance. The expected response time is within 3 business days, and the fix is expected to be delivered within 30 days.

## Supported Releases

The Sidero Labs team will only provide security updates for the two latest minor releases of Talos Linux. If you are using an older version of Talos Linux, we recommend upgrading to the latest release.

For example, if the latest release is `v1.8.3`, the supported releases are `v1.7.x` and `v1.8.x`.
