This policy has yet to ever be needed, so I'll keep it brief

There's rarely any reason to use an older version of the tool/library since its compatibility with other software has never changed. In future though, the final version with VS2017 support may receive critical severity backported updates.

• Please disclose security issues directly and privately to Graham Helliwell [email protected] and cc Christoph Wille [email protected]
• You can usually expect some kind of response within 5-10 working days.
• Ideally the issue should be fixed on a temporary private fork and released before any details are made public to minimize the window for exploitation.