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Django security team adds two members
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David Smith and Ken Whitesell joined Django's security team, expanding the group that handles vulnerability reports for the framework.
The Django Software Foundation added David Smith and Ken Whitesell to its security team, according to a commit to the dsf-working-groups repository by Sarah Boyce [1]. The security team is the group that receives and triages reported vulnerabilities in Django itself, so its membership determines who has access to embargoed reports and who signs off on security releases.
With two new members, the team's capacity to handle incoming reports and coordinate disclosure grows. For anyone running Django in production, the practical effect is indirect: the people who decide whether and when a security fix ships now include Smith and Whitesell alongside the existing roster [1].
No policy, process, or supported-version change accompanies the addition. This is a staffing change, and the commit says nothing beyond the two names.
Action items
- → No action required; note the expanded security team roster for future vulnerability reports django/dsf-working-groups [monitor]
References
- [1] Added David Smith and Ken Whitesell to the security team. ↗ django/dsf-working-groups
