🔒 Security Advisory — CVE-2025-BND

Leaky Boundaries vulnerability discovered in HumanOS

Recent incidents indicate a high-severity Boundary Leak exploited by phrases like “got a minute?”, “quick favour?”, and agenda-less calendar invites. Patch immediately.

Summary

• Severity: High (ongoing exposure leads to fatigue, resentment, and snack-based incidents)
• Affected: All departments, especially high-empathy roles
• Symptoms (IoCs): Disappearing lunch, meetings that never end, “just one more email,” Sunday Scaries v2.0

Attack Vectors (observed)

• “While I’ve got you here…” (hallway escalation)
• Calendar invites with no agenda/finish time
• DM: “You online for 5?” at 4:57pm
• Scope creep disguised as “tiny tweak”

Reproduction (do not try at home)

1. Accept invite + no agenda → 2) skip lunch → 3) promise “one more thing” → 4) deliverable expands → 5) you shrink.

Mitigations (apply all)

• M1 Meeting Defaults: set 25/50-minute length; doors open at :55.
• M2 Calendar Shields: daily refuel buffer + one deep-work block; decline overlaps.
• M3 Agenda or Decline: “Happy to accept—please add agenda + desired outcome.”
• M4 DND Windows: status + phone silenced for 60–90 mins/day.
• M5 Joy Budget: plan treats; pair with water (joy is a line item, not a leak).
• M6 Coverage Plan: owner, backup, escalation triggers before any time off.
• M7 Lunch at Eye Level: stage it by 10am so it actually happens.

Patch Notes (v1.0 “No Is a Complete Sentence”)

• Adds four ready-to-use declines (choose tone):
  1. Direct: “No, I’m at capacity. Try me next sprint.”
  2. Boundaried yes: “Yes, within 15 mins, after 2pm, outcome X only.”
  3. Redirect: “I’m not the best owner—looping in [Name] who is.”
  4. Deferral: “Happy to help—next available slot is Thu 11:30.”
• Introduces “Agenda or Auto-Decline” rule for meetings.
• Enables refuel buffers and walking 1:1s as sanctioned practices.

Configuration Templates (copy/paste)

• Status message: “Deep work—back at 1:00. Email if urgent.”
• Calendar note: “Meetings end at :55 to allow buffers.”
• Email footer: “Good-enough > perfect. Lunch is not optional.”

Success Metrics (gentle)

• 0–1 afternoon crashes/week
• ≥80% meetings end at :55
• lunch eaten ≥4/5 days

Self-Love Reflection: Protect the boundary and the work gets better—so do you.

Footnote:

CVE = Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (official vulnerability IDs). BND denotes boundaries in this satirical post; not an actual CVE identifier.