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Expand Up @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ Here's what to expect for how a vulnerability report will be handled:
may open a public issue.
* If the PSRT determines the report is a vulnerability, the PSRT will
accept the report and a CVE ID will be assigned by the PSF CNA.
Do not publicly reference the assigned CVE ID before its record is published,

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Could also be its own bullet point:

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Do not publicly reference the assigned CVE ID before its record is published,
* Do not publicly reference the assigned CVE ID before its record is published,

as the report and ID remain provisional and may still be changed.
* Once a public pull request containing a fix is merged to CPython,
the advisory and CVE record will be published with attribution.

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