Cisco bug bounty programs
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Cisco runs two public programs: a Bugcrowd bug bounty paying up to $10,000 and a self-hosted disclosure program with no cash rewards. 3 companies it owns, including ThousandEyes and Duo, run 3 more programs.
- Top reward
- $10,000
- Bugcrowd
- Programs
- 5
- 3 pay cash
- Targets in scope
- 18
- 7 types, deduplicated
- Last change
- None yet
- Tracked since Nov 2026
Where to report
2 programs Cisco runs itself, side by side. Report where the affected target is in scope; when two programs cover it, pick the one that pays more.
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Cisco Security Vulnerability Policy
Self-hosted · The company-wide program. Use it when no owned company's program fits.
| Program | Critical | High | Medium | Low | Top reward | Safe harbor | KYC | First response | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cisco Networking
Bugcrowd · Bug bounty |
$10k (highest) | $6,000 (highest) | $2,500 (highest) | $500 (highest) | $10,000 | Partial | – | – | Open |
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Cisco Security Vulnerability Policy
Self-hosted · Disclosure only |
– | – | – | – | No cash | – | – | – | Open |
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- Critical
- $10k (highest)
- High
- $6,000 (highest)
- Medium
- $2,500 (highest)
- Low
- $500 (highest)
- Safe harbor
- Partial
Amounts are the top reward per severity in the currency each program pays. Green marks the highest per severity. First response is the platform's measured average when it publishes one, else what the policy promises.
Companies Cisco owns
3 companies with 3 programs of their own. Each has its own scope and rules: report to the one that owns the asset.
What is in scope
18 targets across all 5 programs, each listed once with the programs that cover it. 13 excluded.
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https://api.thousandeyes.com
APIs
Covered by Cisco ThousandEyes Vulnerability Hunting aka Bug Bounty
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Cisco Meraki MX & Z Series Security Appliances (Including vMX)
Hardware and IoT
Covered by Cisco Networking
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ThousandEyes Endpoint Agent
Products and areas
Covered by Cisco ThousandEyes Vulnerability Hunting aka Bug Bounty
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ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent
Products and areas
Covered by Cisco ThousandEyes Vulnerability Hunting aka Bug Bounty
No target matches. Try part of a host name, such as the company name.
Out of scope 13
Don't test these. A program can exclude a host another program covers; the program you report to decides.
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*.cisco.com
Cisco Networking
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*.workflows.meraki.com
Cisco Networking
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community-staging.meraki.com
Cisco Networking
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community.meraki.com
Cisco Networking
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developers.meraki.com
Cisco Networking
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documentation.meraki.com
Cisco Networking
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https://app.thousandeyes.com/sfdc/community
Cisco ThousandEyes Vulnerability Hunting aka Bug Bounty
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https://blog.thousandeyes.com
Cisco ThousandEyes Vulnerability Hunting aka Bug Bounty
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meraki.cisco.com/form/contact
Cisco Networking
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merakipartners.com
Cisco Networking
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smhelp.meraki.com
Cisco Networking
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Customer API Keys
Cisco Networking
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Meraki MC Phones
Cisco Networking
Recent changes
Reward and scope changes across every Cisco program, newest first.
No changes recorded yet. New targets and reward moves show up here and in the RSS feed.
About this page
This page gathers every public program listed under cisco.com and the companies Cisco owns: platform programs, self-hosted policies and security.txt contacts. Each program's own policy decides what is in scope and what it pays; check it before you test. Ownership comes from settled, public acquisitions, or from a program's own text naming Cisco.
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