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 If you are an experienced Ruby programmer, take a few minutes to get the Capistrano test suite running (see [DEVELOPMENT.md][]), and do what you can to get a test case written that fails. *This will be a huge help!*
 
+If you think you may have discovered a security vulnerability in Capistrano, do not open a GitHub issue. Instead, please send a report to <security@capistranorb.com>.
+
 ## Requesting new features or improvements
 
 Capistrano continues to improve thanks to people like you! Feel free to open a GitHub issue for any or all of these ideas:
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 GitHub issues are for bug reports and feature requests. Please refer to the [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) document for guidelines on submitting GitHub issues.
 
+If you think you may have discovered a security vulnerability in Capistrano, do not open a GitHub issue. Instead, please send a report to <security@capistranorb.com>.
+
 ## How to contribute
 
 Contributions to Capistrano, in the form of code, documentation or idea, are gladly accepted. Read the [DEVELOPMENT](DEVELOPMENT.md) document to learn how to hack on Capistrano's code, run the tests, and contribute your first pull request.