Security

If you discover a vulnerability in pretalx, please report it to us so we can address it promptly.

Reporting vulnerabilities

Please report security vulnerabilities to support@pretalx.com. We will respond in a timely manner and work with you to understand and address the issue.

For encrypted communication, you can reach us at r@rixx.de (GPG key).

In your report, please include:

  • A description of the vulnerability

  • Steps to reproduce the issue

  • Any relevant technical details (versions, configurations, etc.)

If you find and report a vulnerability, please:

  • Allow reasonable time for us to address the issue before public disclosure

  • Do not access or modify data belonging to others

  • Do not degrade the availability of our services

Version support

Security support is provided for the current stable release only. Due to limited development bandwidth, we cannot provide security patches for older releases.

If you require support for previous releases, please contact support@pretalx.com.

We recommend keeping your pretalx installation up to date to ensure you receive security patches. See our Release cycle documentation for more details.

Announcements

Security issues are announced on our blog along with regular release announcements. Releases are also published on GitHub and PyPI.

Acknowledgements

As a small open source project, we are unable to offer financial rewards for vulnerability reports. However, we gratefully acknowledge all confirmed issues in our blog posts and release notes.