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 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
 In order to minimize risks of attack while investigating and fixing the issue, any vulnerability shall be reported by 
-opening a [**confidential** issue on gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/-/issues/new).
+opening a [**confidential** issue on gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/maven/-/issues/new?issue[confidential]=true&issue[description]=%28type+in+the+vulnerability+details+here%29%0A%0A%2Flabel%20~%22kind%3A%3Avulnerability%22).
 
 Follow-up and fixing will be made on a _best effort_ basis.