# Reporting Security Issues **Please do not report security vulnerabilities through public GitHub issues.** We at STACKIT take security seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings, and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions. To report a security issue, please send an email to [stackit-security@stackit.de](mailto:stackit-security@stackit.de). Our team will send a response indicating the next steps in handling your report. After the initial reply to your report, the security team will keep you informed of the progress towards a fix and full announcement, and may ask for additional information or guidance.