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+
+### CVE-specific actions
+
+ - [ ] Assign a CVE identifier
+ - [ ] Determine CVSS score
+ - [ ] Determine the range of BIND versions affected (including the Subscription Edition)
+ - [ ] Determine whether workarounds for the problem exists
+ - [ ] Prepare a detailed description of the problem which should include the following by default:
+ - instructions for reproducing the problem (a system test is good enough)
+ - explanation of code flow which triggers the problem (a system test is *not* good enough)
+ - [ ] Prepare a private merge request containing the following items in separate commits:
+ - a test for the issue (may be moved to a separate merge request for deferred merging)
+ - a fix for the issue
+ - documentation updates (`CHANGES`, release notes, anything else applicable)
+ - [ ] Ensure the merge request from the previous step is reviewed by SWENG staff and has no outstanding discussions
+ - [ ] Ensure the documentation changes introduced by the merge request addressing the problem are reviewed by Support and Marketing staff
+ - [ ] Prepare backports of the merge request addressing the problem for all affected (and still maintained) BIND branches (backporting might affect the issue's scope and/or description)
+ - [ ] Prepare a standalone patch for the last stable release of each affected (and still maintained) BIND branch
+
+### Release-specific actions
+
+ - [ ] Create/update the private issue containing links to fixes & reproducers for all CVEs fixed in a given release cycle
+ - [ ] Reserve a block of `CHANGES` placeholders once the complete set of vulnerabilities fixed in a given release cycle is determined
+ - [ ] Ensure the merge requests containing CVE fixes are merged into `security-*` branches in CVE identifier order