Host Africa (Pty) Ltd bug bounty programs
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Host Africa (Pty) Ltd runs two public programs: a self-hosted bug bounty paying up to $25,000 and a security.txt bug bounty paying up to $5,000.
- Top reward
- $25,000
- Self-hosted
- Programs
- 2
- 2 pay cash
- Targets in scope
- 14
- 2 types, deduplicated
- Last change
- None yet
- Tracked since Nov 2026
Where to report
2 programs, 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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HostAfrica
Self-hosted · Pays the most of the 2 programs: up to $25,000.
| Program | Critical | High | Medium | Low | Top reward | Safe harbor | KYC | First response | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HostAfrica
Self-hosted · Bug bounty |
– | – | – | – | $25,000 | – | – | – | Open |
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Host Africa (Pty) Ltd
security.txt · Bug bounty |
$5,000 (highest) | $1,500 (highest) | $500 (highest) | $200 (highest) | $5,000 | Partial | Required | 2 days promised | Open |
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- Critical
- $5,000 (highest)
- High
- $1,500 (highest)
- Medium
- $500 (highest)
- Low
- $200 (highest)
- Safe harbor
- Partial
- KYC
- Required
- First response
- 2 days promised
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.
What is in scope
14 targets across all 2 programs, each listed once with the programs that cover it. 5 excluded.
No target matches. Try part of a host name, such as the company name.
Out of scope 5
Don't test these. A program can exclude a host another program covers; the program you report to decides.
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*.hostafrica.com
Self-hosted
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Customer websites, applications, databases, mailboxes, VPS instances and dedicated servers
security.txt
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Customer-owned content and infrastructure
security.txt
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Defects in the vendor's own product affecting all its users
security.txt
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third-party services we consume but do not control, including vendor products, upstream networks and payment gateways
security.txt
Recent changes
Reward and scope changes across every Host Africa (Pty) Ltd 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 hostafrica.com: 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.
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