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+# ILIAS Security Policy
+
+## Table of Contents
+* [About this Document](#about-this-document)
+* [Responsibilities](#responsibilities)
+* [Reporting a Security Issue](#reporting-a-security-issue)
+* [Addressing a Security Issue](#addressing-a-security-issue)
+* [Process for Fixing Security Issues](#process-for-fixing-security-issues)
+* [Security Update Notifications](#security-update-notifications)
+* [Security Goals](#security-goals)
+* [Security Measures](#security-measures)
+* [Contributors](#contributors)
+
+## About this Document
+[//]: # (BEGIN about)
+This document describes the cybersecurity policy for the core of the open source 
+learning management system ILIAS. 
+
+* This policy is to foster the development of a secure product.
+* It outlines how vulnerabilities should be handled by developers.
+* This policy outlines how security issues and incidents should be reported effectively and 
+how they are handled by the responsible team, the ILIAS Security Group.
+* It includes aspects of documenting, addressing and remediating vulnerabilities and promotes 
+the sharing of information concerning vulnerabilities
+
+This document is NOT a guideline on how to set up and operate an ILIAS installation 
+securely. Such instructions can be found in [docs/configuration/secure.md](docs/configuration/secure.md).
+
+[//]: # (END about)
+
+## Responsibilities
+[//]: # (BEGIN responsibilities)
+ILIAS is published as an open source software by the non-commercial organisation
+ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V. Under the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), the association 
+regards itself as an open source software steward. The association’s registered office 
+is in Cologne, Germany. Accordingly, the relevant CSIRT is the German Federal Office 
+for Information Security (BSI) and the market surveillance authority is the 
+Bundesnetzagentur with whom the ILIAS association is cooperating.
+
+The ILIAS Security Group is the responsible team for receiving and processing all 
+reports about incidents and security issues in ILIAS. E-mail contact is security@ilias.de. 
+The ILIAS Security Group is reporting vulnerabilities and incidents to the single reporting 
+platform of ENISA.
+
+The ILIAS Release Manager is responsible for packaging and publishing security bugfix releases
+in coordination with the Security Group. Once a security release has been published, the
+release manager sends a related notification to the admin mailing list.
+
+[//]: # (END responsibilities)
+
+## Reporting a Security Issue
+[//]: # (BEGIN reporting)
+The following process describes what to do when you have found a security issue in 
+ILIAS or observed a related security incident. Please make sure to understand, that 
+treating security issues confidentially is required to keep ILIAS installations as 
+safe as possible until the issue is fixed.
+
+Please follow the process described in detail below. You will receive an answer
+from a member of the ILIAS Security Group about further steps.
+
+Important: **Never file a security issue in the bugtracker of ILIAS!**
+
+1. Write an e-mail to security@ilias.de about your discovery. This e-mail has to 
+contain a description of the issue with the scenario in which the problem is triggered 
+and a description of its implications. Please let us know if the vulnerability has 
+been actively exploited and/or a severe incident has happened. Please provide all 
+necessary steps to reproduce the issue. We kindly ask you to withhold full disclosure 
+of the issue until a fix is ready and the new release has been built and made available 
+to everyone (full disclosure about one week after the new release is published).
+2. Your e-mail creates a new ticket in our internal ticket system for security issues.
+You will receive an automatic e-mail as confirmation of this.
+3. In the next step, the ILIAS Security Group will assign an issue manager.
+4. The issue manager will look into the issue and try to reproduce the problem.
+5. In case of an actively exploited vulnerability and/or severe incident, the issue
+manager gives an early warning to ENISA's single reporting platform within 24 hours 
+of becoming aware of it as required by the CRA regulations.
+7. In case of questions, the issue manager will contact you on behalf of the ILIAS 
+association by email. We are grateful for any further help/information you can 
+provide during the analysis and bugfixing process.
+
+Optional: We are very interested in giving proper credit for your finding and
+your support for the project. If you want to, we can include your name and/or
+institution in our release notes. We will not publish your name or the name of
+your institution without your consent.
+
+Please note: If you already have a solution in the form of a bugfix for the 
+reported issue, we would highly appreciate to get it. In this case, please follow 
+the **Process for Fixing Security Issues** in order to not unnecessarily endanger 
+existing ILIAS installations. If you don't have access to the corresponding issue 
+in our internal security tracker please give access to the corresponding patch 
+files to the issue manager through a secure channel.
+
+[//]: # (END reporting)
+
+## Addressing a Security Issue
+[//]: # (BEGIN addressing)
+1. As soon as the issue manager has looked at the issue, the manager assigns 
+a report to the responsible developer in our internal security issues tracking 
+system and notifies this developer about the issue.
+2. The developer analyses the problem and provides a security fix as soon as 
+possible.
+3. Within 72 hours of becoming aware of the vulnerability/incident the Security Group
+provides general information and an initial assessment to ENISA.
+4. Depending on the severity and impact of the reported and fixed issues, the 
+ILIAS release manager will build a new release or continue with the default roadmap.
+5. In case of an actively exploited vulnerability that has been reported to ENISA, 
+the Security Group provides a final report to ENISA no later than 14 days after the 
+security bugfix release has been made available.
+6. In case of a reported severe incident, the Security Group will provide a final report
+to ENISA within one month after the severe incident notification.
+
+[//]: # (END addressing)
+
+## Process for Fixing Security Issues
+[//]: # (BEGIN fixing)
+The following process MUST be followed to hand in a fix for a security issue. These 
+rules apply to code authorities as well as to all other developers and contributors.
+* Create one patch file per supported branch needing the fix. The patch file MUST
+be named "<ilias_version>_<title_of_fix>.patch" (e.g. "11_my-very-important-fix.patch").
+To create the patch use `git format-patch` with the option `--stdout` from the branch 
+in which you made the fixes
+(e.g. `git format-patch release_11 --stdout > 11_my-very-important-fix.patch`)
+to ensure that all commits are in a single patch file, if multiple commits are
+needed to fix the issue. To make the application of the patches as easy as possible,
+**fixes for security issues MUST not contain any unrelated changes**.
+* Upload the patch files to the corresponding issue in the project "ILIAS Security"
+on our issue tracker. If you would like to provide a patch for an issue, but do
+not have access to the issue on our tracker please send the patch files to
+the issue manager on a secure channel.
+* Please provide a summary for the release notes and a few sentences describing
+the fix either directly in the corresponding sections in the issue tracker or in
+the communication.
+* The fixes will be applied to the release branches by the release manager before
+the release.
+
+[//]: # (END fixing)
+
+### Regressions
+[//]: # (BEGIN regressions)
+
+In exceptional cases, security fixes may introduce regressions that negatively impact functionality
+or system stability. To address such situations promptly and effectively, the following procedure
+shall be followed:
+
+1. Identification
+  * Any regression resulting from a security fix must be reported immediately in the issue tracker.
+  * All relevant details (affected components, impact, steps to reproduce) must be provided.
+  * The assigned component authority shall inform both the Technical Board and the Product Manager without delay.
+2. Evaluation
+  * The Technical Board and the Product Manager jointly assess the severity and impact of the regression
+    and decide if the regression will be fixed.
+  * If the regression is to be fixed, a decision will be made on whether an urgent fix (a hotfix) is needed
+    or whether the issue can be deferred to the next scheduled security release.
+3. Coordination with Release Management
+  * If a hotfix is necessary:
+    * A corrective patch shall be prepared by the responsible authority who introduced the regression
+      and reviewed with priority.
+    * The corresponding patch file must be attached to the issue.
+    * The Release Manager shall be involved at an early stage to coordinate the release process.
+  * If the issue can be deferred:
+    * The fix will be included in the next scheduled security release under the supervision of the Release Manager.
+4. Communication
+  * In case of a hotfix, the Release Manager shall inform stakeholders via the appropriate mailing lists
+    and Discord channels.
+
+[//]: # (END regressions)
+
+## Security Update Notifications
+[//]: # (BEGIN notifications)
+
+Please subscribe to our admin mailing list (ilias-admins@lists.ilias.de) to get
+notifications about security updates, updates in general and announcements for
+ILIAS server administrators. As a general rule, ILIAS updates will be published
+on the start of a week and will be announced in the middle of the previous week
+on the mailing list.
+
+[//]: # (END notifications)
+
+## Security Goals
+[//]: # (BEGIN goals)
+
+* All ILIAS security issues should be kept confidential until patches for them are integrated into an official release.
+* Security issues must be fixed in ALL currently supported and affected versions.
+* ILIAS releases which contain patches for security issues should be released as soon as possible.
+* All fixed security issues should be documented publicly.
+
+[//]: # (END goals)
+
+## Security Measures
+[//]: # (BEGIN measures)
+
+* All incoming issues (via security@ilias.de) are handled by the Security Group in an internal 
+ticket system (hosted by the ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.). It allows for sending encrypted 
+and digitally signed e-mails to security reporters.
+* Security issues are entered into a restricted part of the official Mantis platform for ILIAS 
+by the Security Group and then assigned to the authority which is responsible for the affected 
+component.
+* The Release Manager is in direct contact with the Security Group to ensure that releases for 
+all affected versions can be made available in a short timespan, ideally on the same day.
+* Releases with security fixes are accompanied by an entry in our security blog (at docu.ilias.de)
+which provides more details on affected and fixed versions of ILIAS.
+
+[//]: # (END measures)
+
+## Contributors
+[//]: # (BEGIN contributors)
+
+* Robin Baumgartner, sr solutions ag, Burgdorf, Switzerland
+* Tim Bongers, CaT Concepts and Training GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+* Alex Hartwig, Qualitus GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+* Matthias Kunkel, ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V., Cologne, Germany
+* Lukas Scharmer, Databay AG, Würselen, Germany
+* André Schweigert, FAU Kompetenzzentrum Lehre, Fürth, Germany
+* David Tokar, WEKA Media GmbH & Co. KG, Kissing, Germany
+* Guido Vollbach, Databay AG, Würselen, Germany
+
+[//]: # (END contributors)

components/ILIAS/App/tests/RootFolderTest.php

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         'package.json',
         'package_new.json',
         'README.md',
+        'SECURITY.md',
         'unzip_test_file.zip',
         '.DS_Store',
         '.buildpath',

docs/development/expert-groups.md

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 ### Security Expert Group
 The Security Expert Group can be reached through its own email address (security@lists.ilias.de).
 More information on the Security Expert Group can be found in the
-[Documentation of the Security Group](security.md).
+[Documentation of the Security Group](../../SECURITY.md).
 
 ### Privacy Expert Group
 The Privacy Expert Group provides specialized expertise to help solve specific data privacy problems as well as assist with general data privacy-related issues. The group can be reached directly via email at privacy@lists.ilias.de.