NIST CSF ID.RA-08 - Vulnerability disclosure handling (legacy record alias)
Assess the selected CSF 2.0 vulnerability-disclosure handling outcome for the documented project and organizational scope
Where this comes from
Provision: ID.RA-08 - Vulnerability disclosure handling (legacy record alias)
Instrument: NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (February 2024)
Citation: NIST CSWP 29, NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, 26 February 2024, Appendix A, ID.RA-08; section 3 Organizational Profiles. The stable database ID is a legacy alias and does not change the official identifier.
Text version: CSF 2.0
Checked against the source: 6 September 2026
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- NIST CSF 2.0 Target Profile adopted: YES
- ID.RA: Which outcomes are selected in this project's Target Profile? is ID.RA-08
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Confirm selected ID.RA-08 in the documented CSF 2.0 Target Profile, including the project systems, organizational roles, profile owner/version and tailoring; the legacy record ID is not the official outcome identifier.
- Establish and exercise the assessed processes for receiving, analyzing and responding to vulnerability disclosures, with accountable owners and suitable reporting and escalation channels.
- Record handling targets, disclosure coordination and chosen methods as organizational decisions; ID.RA-08 supplies no universal response deadline, bug-bounty requirement or legal safe-harbor promise.
- Use synthetic reports to verify receipt, analysis, response, escalation and handling of duplicate or out-of-scope reports; preserve evidence of unresolved gaps without retaining exploit payloads or secrets in general logs.
- Review the scope-specific evidence against the exact ID.RA-08 outcome; task completion does not certify the entire CSF or establish compliance with a separate law or contract.
Evidence an auditor expects
- Assessment documentDocument review
Selected ID.RA-08 disclosure-handling assessment
Confirm selected ID.RA-08 in the documented CSF 2.0 Target Profile, including the project systems, organizational roles, profile owner/version and tailoring; the legacy record ID is not the official outcome identifier. Establish and exercise the assessed processes for receiving, analyzing and responding to vulnerability disclosures, with accountable owners and suitable reporting and escalation channels. Record handling targets, disclosure coordination and chosen methods as organizational decisions; ID.RA-08 supplies no universal response deadline, bug-bounty requirement or legal safe-harbor promise. Use synthetic reports to verify receipt, analysis, response, escalation and handling of duplicate or out-of-scope reports; preserve evidence of unresolved gaps without retaining exploit payloads or secrets in general logs. Review the scope-specific evidence against the exact ID.RA-08 outcome; task completion does not certify the entire CSF or establish compliance with a separate law or contract.
Questions people ask
- Does NIST CSF ID.RA-08 - Vulnerability disclosure handling (legacy record alias) apply to my service?
- It applies when NIST CSF 2.0 Target Profile adopted: YES; ID.RA: Which outcomes are selected in this project's Target Profile? is ID.RA-08.
- From when does this apply?
- NIST CSF ID.RA-08 - Vulnerability disclosure handling (legacy record alias) applies from 26 February 2024. Its current status is: in force.
- What evidence does an auditor expect?
- Selected ID.RA-08 disclosure-handling assessment.
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