docs: add threat model and security policies (#167)

Add THREAT_MODEL.md and SECURITY.md sections: secrets management, release verification, end-of-support, dependency/code-scanning remediation policy, and a VEX statement. Closes OSPS Baseline L3 documentation gaps (SA-03.02, BR-07.02, DO-03.01/03.02/05.01, VM-04.02/05.01/05.02/06.01). Additive only.
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an exchange using the platform TLS library; transport security therefore
depends on that library, not on Wickra. Wickra is not a trading system and is
provided "as is" — see the disclaimers in `README.md` and the licenses.
## Secrets management
The project stores **no** secrets or credentials in the version control system.
Secrets required by automation (publishing tokens, the about-sync PAT) are kept
exclusively as **GitHub Actions encrypted secrets** and referenced via the
`secrets.*` context; they are never written to the repository, logs, or build
artifacts. GitHub **secret scanning with push protection** is enabled to block
accidental commits of credentials. Secrets follow least privilege (the narrowest
scope that works) and are rotated when a holder changes or on suspected
exposure.
## Verifying releases
Released artifacts can be verified for integrity and authenticity:
- **Build provenance.** Release assets carry GitHub build provenance
attestations. Verify a downloaded asset with the GitHub CLI:
`gh attestation verify <file> --repo wickra-lib/wickra`.
- **Signed tags.** Each release corresponds to a signed git tag (`vX.Y.Z`);
the tag signature identifies the maintainer who authorised the release.
- **Registry integrity.** Packages are distributed over HTTPS from crates.io,
PyPI and npm, which serve package checksums that package managers verify on
install.
The release is published only by the maintainer through the tag-triggered
release workflow, so a verified tag signature establishes the expected
publisher identity.
## Support timeline and end of support
Wickra is **pre-1.0**: only the **latest released `0.y.z`** version receives
security fixes. When a newer release is published, the previous version
**immediately reaches end of support** and will not receive further fixes;
users should upgrade to the latest release. The supported-versions table above
is authoritative. After the `1.0.0` release this policy will be revised to
support a defined window of releases.
## Remediation policy (dependencies and code scanning)
- **Severity threshold.** Vulnerabilities of **medium severity or higher** in
the project's own code or its dependencies are remediated promptly and before
the next release; lower-severity findings are addressed on a best-effort
basis.
- **Automated enforcement (SCA).** Every change is evaluated by `cargo-deny`
(RUSTSEC advisories + license policy) and Dependabot; a known-vulnerable
dependency fails CI and **blocks the change** until resolved or explicitly
waived with justification.
- **Automated enforcement (SAST).** Every change is evaluated by CodeQL and
Clippy (`-D warnings`); findings **block the change** in CI until fixed.
- **Pre-release gate.** A release is not cut while an unresolved medium-or-higher
SCA/SAST finding is outstanding.
## Vulnerability exploitability (VEX)
Advisories reported by `cargo-deny`/Dependabot for third-party dependencies that
do **not** affect Wickra (e.g. the vulnerable code path is not reachable, or the
affected feature is not enabled) are triaged and recorded — with the
not-affected justification — in the `cargo-deny` configuration (`deny.toml`) and
the relevant pull request, rather than forcing an unnecessary dependency bump.
This serves as the project's exploitability (VEX) record.
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# Threat model
This document describes Wickra's attack surface and the threats considered,
together with their mitigations. It complements the security assurance case in
[`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md). Wickra is a computational technical-analysis
library (a Rust core with Python, Node.js and WebAssembly bindings), not a
network service or trading system; the attack surface is correspondingly small.
## Assets
- **Integrity of computed indicator values** — consumers may use them in
automated decisions, so silently wrong output is the primary concern.
- **Availability of the calling process** — a library must not crash or hang
its host on malformed input.
- **Integrity of published artifacts** — the crates, wheels and npm packages
users install.
- **The build and release pipeline** and its secrets (publishing tokens).
## Actors / trust boundaries
- **Library consumer** (trusted) — calls the API with numeric data. Data may
originate from untrusted sources (e.g. a market feed), so *input values* are
treated as untrusted even though the caller is trusted.
- **Optional live feed** — with the `live-binance` feature, data crosses a
network boundary from an exchange over TLS.
- **Contributors** (semi-trusted) — propose changes via pull requests.
- **Supply chain** — upstream dependencies and the CI/CD platform.
## Threats and mitigations
| Threat | Mitigation |
| --- | --- |
| Memory-safety exploit (buffer overflow, UAF) via crafted input | Pure safe Rust; `unsafe` is forbidden/minimised, so the compiler precludes these classes. |
| Denial of service via malformed/degenerate input (NaN, infinities, extreme magnitudes) | Indicators reject non-finite inputs and validate parameters at construction; update paths are exercised by coverage-guided fuzzing and unit tests for edge cases. |
| Silently incorrect results | 100% line coverage on the core crate; reference-value tests against known-good sources; streaming/batch parity tests. |
| Integer overflow / panics | `clippy::pedantic` with `-D warnings`; debug assertions and overflow checks enabled in test/fuzz builds. |
| Adversary-in-the-middle on the optional live feed | Connection uses TLS via the platform library; transport security is delegated to that reviewed implementation. |
| Compromised dependency (supply chain) | Dependencies pinned (`Cargo.lock`, hash-locked CI requirements), monitored by Dependabot, audited by `cargo-deny` (advisories + licenses) on every change. |
| Malicious or accidental change to `main` | Branch protection requires signed commits and blocks force-push and deletion; all changes flow through pull requests with required CI; static analysis (CodeQL, Clippy) and fuzzing run on every change. |
| Compromised CI / leaked secrets | Workflows use least-privilege `permissions:`; secrets live only as encrypted GitHub Actions secrets; secret scanning with push protection is enabled; workflows are linted by `zizmor`. |
| Tampered release artifact | Releases are built in CI, tags are signed, and assets carry build provenance attestations (verifiable with `gh attestation verify`). |
## Out of scope
- Wickra implements no authentication, authorization or cryptography of its own,
stores no user data, and exposes no network listener; those threat classes do
not apply.
- Vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies that do not affect Wickra are
tracked as exploitability (VEX) records (see [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md)).
## Maintenance
This threat model is reviewed when the architecture changes materially (for
example, a new input family, a new network feature, or a new release channel).