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That's the tradeoff. If you disclose it broadly without a grace period, someone who didn't even know about the vulnerability before will exploit it faster than even the best postured companies can fix it.


That seems to depend a lot on the vulnerability, and the company, and the users.

I'm not suggesting in this thread that coordinating with vendors is bad. I'm suggesting that to frame any non-coordinated disclosure as inherently irresponsible is bad, and that is what is implied when we use the label "responsible disclosure" for "coordinated disclosure".




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