inspector/SECURITY.md
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docs: replace the markdown bug template with GitHub issue forms (#1894)
* docs: replace the markdown bug template with issue forms (#1844)

Issues are the only intake channel now that external pull requests are off
(#1820), so the chooser is where the contribution policy has to be stated —
GitHub gives a would-be contributor no explanation when the "New pull request"
button isn't there.

The one existing template was a legacy **markdown** template, whose fields are
prose headings a reporter can delete or ignore. Most reports still arrive
missing the client and the transport, which are the two facts that decide where
to look. Issue forms enforce them: this replaces `bug_report.md` with
`1-bug_report.yml`, where client (web/cli/tui/core), version line (v1/v2),
Inspector version, Node version, transport, MCP server, repro, expected, and
actual are all `validations.required`. It auto-labels `bug`, and its intro says
maintainers implement the fix, so a prompt plus screenshots beats a diff —
with a field for exactly that.

Adds `2-feature_request.yml` (auto-labels `enhancement`), which puts the
problem statement first and marks the solution optional, since the problem is
what survives when a specific solution turns out not to fit.

Neither form applies a `v1`/`v2` label: GitHub can't map a form answer to a
label, so the version line is a required dropdown and a maintainer still labels
at triage. v1 takes security fixes only, so routing that answer early is the
point.

`config.yml` disables blank issues and carries the contact links. **There is
deliberately no security *template*** — a template still opens a public issue,
which is precisely what a vulnerability report must not do. The redirect is a
contact link straight to the private advisory form (`/security/advisories/new`,
verified enabled on this repo) plus one to `SECURITY.md`, which covers the v1
line too. The remaining links deflect the recurring misfiled classes: the
specification repo and the TypeScript SDK for reports that aren't about this
tool, the docs site, the contribution policy, and `#inspector-dev`.

Also fixes three links the #1884 rename left dangling — `SECURITY.md` and the
PR template still pointed at `CONTRIBUTORS.md`, which no longer exists on this
branch. A policy nobody can open is the same as no policy.

Validated against GitHub's issue-forms schema (unique ids, allowed `type`s,
`markdown` blocks carrying no `id`/`validations`, `checkboxes` marking
`required` per option rather than under `validations`).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

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* docs: address Copilot review on the issue forms (#1844)

- PR template said `v2` targets `main`; the v2 base branch is `v2/main`.
  Correct on its face, and the one line in that template a reader acts on.
- Scoped the Node floor on the bug form to v2, since the form serves both
  lines and v1's floor is older — reading `>= 22.19.0` as universal would
  make a legitimate v1 report look out of support.
- Both the CONTRIBUTING.md paragraph and the AGENTS.md section now say the
  chooser is served from the **default branch**, so neither claims a form
  added on `v2/main` is live before the milestone merge.

* docs: re-wrap the CONTRIBUTING chooser paragraph (#1844)

Round-2 Copilot nit: the previous wrap left a dangling "The" at end of
line, splitting a phrase mid-sentence in the raw markdown.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: clarify the protocol-era prompt on the bug form (#1844)

Round-3 Copilot nit. "the protocol era (legacy / modern) if you selected
one" reads as referring to a field on this form, which has none — the era is
selected on the *connection*, in the Inspector's server settings. Reworded to
"the protocol era you connected with (auto / legacy / modern)", which also
picks up `auto`, the default the previous list omitted.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: stop describing the feature form as sharing the bug form's fields (#1844)

Round-4 Copilot nits, and it was right three times over — I had described
"client, version line, transport" as the required set for *both* forms in
CONTRIBUTING.md, AGENTS.md, and the config.yml header. The feature form has
neither a version-line dropdown nor a transport field, and cannot have the
first: v1 takes security fixes only, so a feature request is v2 by
construction.

Each of the three now distinguishes the two forms rather than generalizing
from the bug form.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: declare v2 statically on the feature form (#1844)

Round-5 Copilot nit caught a real contradiction: the AGENTS.md paragraph said
no form can apply a version label, then asserted the feature form "is always
labeled v2". Both halves can't be true.

Resolved in the direction that makes the claim true rather than softer. A
form's `labels:` is static, which is only an obstacle when the value depends
on a reporter's answer — and for the feature form it doesn't: v1 takes security
fixes only, so a feature request is v2 by construction. So it now declares
`["enhancement", "v2"]` outright, which also satisfies AGENTS.md's
label-at-create-time rule without a triage step.

The bug form still can't, and shouldn't: its version line is genuinely the
reporter's to answer.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YAt8rqxysNbhYWLhoRm3fU

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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# Security Policy
Thank you for helping keep the Model Context Protocol and its ecosystem secure.
## Supported Versions
| Version | Package | Support |
| ------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **2.x** | `@modelcontextprotocol/inspector` | ✅ Actively supported |
| 1.x | `@modelcontextprotocol/inspector` | ⚠️ **Security fixes only**, published under `v1-latest` |
| 1.x | `@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-client` | ⚠️ Security fixes only |
| 1.x | `@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-server` | ⚠️ Security fixes only |
| 1.x | `@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-cli` | ⚠️ Security fixes only |
| < 1.0.0 | any | ❌ Unsupported |
v2 ships as a **single** package — `@modelcontextprotocol/inspector`. The three
`inspector-client` / `inspector-server` / `inspector-cli` sub-packages exist only
on the v1 line and are deprecated.
v1 development happens on the `v1/main` branch and is limited to security fixes.
Those releases are published under the **`v1-latest`** dist-tag so they never
displace the current v2 release:
```bash
npm i @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@v1-latest
```
Everything else — features, bug fixes, improvements — lands in v2 only.
## Reporting Security Issues
If you discover a security vulnerability in this repository, please report it through
the [GitHub Security Advisory process](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/guidance-on-reporting-and-writing-information-about-vulnerabilities/privately-reporting-a-security-vulnerability)
for this repository. Private vulnerability reporting is enabled, so this is the
fastest route to a maintainer.
Please **do not** report security vulnerabilities through public GitHub issues, discussions,
or pull requests.
Note that this repository does not accept pull requests from outside contributors
(see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md)) — **this does not apply to security
reports**, which should always go through the advisory process above rather than
any public channel.
## What to Include
To help us triage and respond quickly, please include:
- A description of the vulnerability
- Steps to reproduce the issue
- The potential impact
- Whether it affects v2, v1, or both
- Any suggested fixes (optional)