Catanzaro: Some changes to GNOME security tracking

Michael Catanzaro, who has managed GNOME security issue tracking since November 2020, announced he will reduce the disclosure deadline from 90 days to 30 days for issues reported on or after August 1 due to an increase in AI-generated security reports. Catanzaro also plans to step away from the role entirely by December 1, 2026, and is seeking an experienced GNOME community member to take over the task.

Michael Catanzaro, who has been managing GNOME security issue tracking since November 2020, has written a blog post that details some changes in how he will be managing GNOME vulnerability reports from now on due to an increase in AI-generated security reports. He will be switching from a 90-day deadline for disclosures to 30 days for issues reported on August 1, or later. "The shorter deadline would probably work better for GNOME even if not for the increase in AI-generated issue reports. " He also has indicated that he will be stepping away from the task of managing security issue tracking entirely by December 1, 2026, which means that there will be a gap to fill: Currently nobody else is tracking GNOME security issues. If you are an experienced GNOME community member and you are interested in taking over this work, let me know and I will help you get started. Security tracking is not a good task for newcomers. This may also be an opportunity to improve our tracking infrastructure. I use a wiki page , but this is fairly primitive and requires considerable manual upkeep. It's easy to forget to update the page when an issue report is closed, for example. Ideally, we would replace the wiki with a proper web app that dynamically updates based on the actual state of the issue.