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+<!--
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
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+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
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+
+# Reporting a vulnerability
+
+If you believe you found a vulnerability in Apache HttpClient,
+please contact [the Apache Security Team](https://www.apache.org/security/).
