docs(security): document GHSA-848j-6mx2-7j84 elliptic as accepted risk

SECURITY.md

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 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
 Please report security vulnerabilities by opening a private issue or emailing the maintainers directly.
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+## Known Low-Severity Vulnerabilities
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+### GHSA-848j-6mx2-7j84 (elliptic)
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+**Severity:** High (but not exploitable in this plugin's context)
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+**Affected component:** `elliptic` (transitive, via `vite-plugin-node-polyfills` → `node-stdlib-browser` → `crypto-browserify` → `browserify-sign`)
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+**Description:** The elliptic library used in this plugin's development dependencies contains a prototype pollution vulnerability. This plugin is a **read-only** Headlamp plugin that never executes any cryptographic operations at runtime. The vulnerable code path requires:
+- Use of `elliptic` curve operations on untrusted input, AND
+- Ability for an attacker to influence the `elliptic` curve key generation input
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+Neither condition is met in this plugin's runtime context.
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+**Remediation:** No patched version of `elliptic` exists on npm. The current override in `package.json` (`"elliptic": ">=6.6.1"`) is a placeholder — no resolvable version satisfies this constraint.
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+**Risk acceptance rationale:**
+1. Plugin has no write operations against the cluster
+2. All data flows through Headlamp's API proxy with standard RBAC enforcement
+3. The vulnerable dependency is only in the development/build toolchain, not runtime
+4. No untrusted input can reach `elliptic` curve operations through this plugin
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+**Review date:** 2026-05-05
+**Reviewed by:** Hugh Hackman (VP Engineering Operations)