Responsible disclosure

Optimizing safety when it comes to the ICT systems is a top priority for the Dutch Ministry of Defense. However, as such systems remain vulnerable, possible loopholes and weaknesses cannot be eliminated.

Hence, we would love to hear from you if you have found a weakness in one of our ICT systems. We will handle the safety issues accordingly, and therefore we make use of the following policy:

What we ask of you:

• To email your findings to [email protected]. If possible, encrypt the email with the PGP-key of [email protected]. This will prevent the wrong people benefitting from the information.
• To provide enough information to reproduce the safety issue, ensuring that the Dutch Ministry of Defense can solve the problem quickly. More often than not, the IP-address or the URL of the ICT system and a description of the shortcoming(s) will be enough. However, when it is a more complex problem, an elaborate description could be necessary.
• To provide your contact details, either an email address or a phone number, so the Dutch Ministry of Defense can contact you.
• To not share the information regarding the safety issue until it has been solved.
• To act responsibly and accordingly by not executing more than necessary actions required for the identification of the safety issue.

Please do report:

• Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
• Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF)
• Broken Authentication
• Circumvention of our framework's privacy and permission models
• Remote Code Execution

Please do not report:

• Username dictionairy attack
• Self-XSS
• Missing / loosely configured DNS SPF records
• Social hacking
• Publicly accessible login pages for cms/admin area's
• Security vulnerabilities in third-party applications (like Kerio) that are not patched in the latest version
• Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
• Missing HSTS header
• Missing DNSSEC
• Missing CSP header
• Attacks requiring DNS takeover

Whatever you do, please avoid the following actions:

1. Spreading or distributing malware.
2. Copying, changing or deleting data in the system (an alternative would be making a directory listing of the system).
3. Changing the system.
4. Repeatedly acquiring access to the system or sharing the access with others.
5. Making use of “bruteforcing” the access to the system.
6. Making use of a denial-of-service or social engineering.

What you can expect:

• When a shortcoming in werkenbijdefensie.nl is reported accordingly to the above stated terms and conditions, the Dutch Ministry of Defense will not articulate any legal consequences to the notification.
• The Dutch Ministry of Defense will process the report confidentially and no personal details without permission will be shared with third parties, unless this is a legal requirement.
• After consultation, the Dutch Ministry of Defense can acknowledge you by publishing your name as the one who identified this particular safety issue.
• Within one working day, the system operator of werkenbijdefensie.nl will send you a confirmation of receipt.
• Within three working days, the system operator of werkenbijdefensie.nl will send you an evaluation of the safety issue. This will include an estimation of the time that it will take to solve the problem.
• The system operator of werkenbijdefensie.nl will keep you updated on the progress of solving the safety issue.
• The system operator of werkenbijdefensie.nl will try to resolve the safety issue as soon as possible, within a maximum time period of 60 days. After consultation with the Dutch Ministry of Defense, it can be decided if and how the resolved safety issue will be published.
• To thank you, a reward will be offered by the Dutch Ministry of Defense. This reward will vary depending on the seriousness of the issue, the quality of the report and whether the issue has been reported before.