@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Set the title to: `Description of the original issue`
## Prior to starting the security release work
- [ ] Read the [security process for developers] if you are not familiar with it.
- [ ] Make sure the issue really needs to follow the security release workflow.
- Verify if the issue you're working on `gitlab-org/gitlab` is confidential, if it's public fix should be placed on GitLab canonical and no backports are required.
- If the issue you're fixing doesn't appear to be something that can be exploited by a malicious person and is instead simply a security enhancement do not hesitate to ping `@gitlab-com/gl-security/appsec` to discuss if the issue can be fixed in the canonical repository.
- [ ] **IMPORTANT**: Mark this [issue as linked] to the Security Release Tracking Issue. You can find it on the topic of the `#releases` Slack channel. This issue
MUST be linked for the release bot to know that the associated merge requests should be merged for this security release.
