Add umbrella threat model + AGENTS.md and link from SECURITY.md for security-model discoverability#3158
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…r security-model discoverability Adds a draft (v0) umbrella threat model for the CXF framework plus an AGENTS.md, and links the model from the existing SECURITY.md, so an automated scan agent can mechanically discover it via AGENTS.md -> SECURITY.md -> THREAT_MODEL.md. The model is a proposal for the PMC to review; most claims are (inferred) and route to open questions in its section 14. Generated-by: Claude Code (Claude Opus 4.8)
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This is a draft proposal for the CXF PMC to review — please correct, reject, or discuss as needed. Nothing here is a requirement; the maintainers are the decision-makers, and this describes CXF as the PMC says it is.
This PR adds an umbrella
THREAT_MODEL.mdfor the CXF framework, anAGENTS.md, and a Threat Model section linking it from the existingSECURITY.md— so a scan agent can followAGENTS.md -> SECURITY.md -> THREAT_MODEL.md.A framing note the model leads with: CXF is a framework, not an app. It provides mechanisms (WS-Security, TLS conduits, authorization interceptors, XML limits); which are active and how is the integrator's choice. So many properties are conditional, and the integrator-responsibilities and known-non-findings sections carry a lot of weight.
Draft-first, mostly inferred (~14 documented / 0 maintainer / ~55 inferred); every
*(inferred)*claim routes to a numbered §14 question. The wave-1 rulings are what decideVALID-vs-misconfiguration:VALID?Scope note: this umbrella covers
apache/cxf.apache/cxf-fediz(WS-Federation SSO) has a distinct trust surface and gets its own model;apache/cxf-xjc-utilsandapache/cxf-build-utilsare build-time tooling (out of the runtime model) and will carry only a discoverability pointer.Context: the ASF Security team is preparing the project for an automated agentic security scan we're piloting. Drafted via the threat-model-producer rubric. If you'd rather author it yourselves, close this PR and we'll regroup.