Nintendo bug bounty programs
nintendo.com Updated
Nintendo runs one public program: a HackerOne bug bounty paying up to $50,000.
- Top reward
- $50,000
- HackerOne
- Programs
- 1
- 1 pays cash
- Targets in scope
- 7
- 1 type
- Last change
- None yet
- Tracked since Nov 2026
Where to report
The one public program Nintendo runs.
| Program | Critical | High | Medium | Low | Top reward | Safe harbor | KYC | First response | Status |
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Nintendo
HackerOne · Bug bounty |
$50k | $20k | $5,000 | $1,000 | $50,000 | – | – | – | Open |
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- Critical
- $50k
- High
- $20k
- Medium
- $5,000
- Low
- $1,000
Amounts are the top reward per severity in the currency each program pays. First response is the platform's measured average when it publishes one, else what the policy promises.
What is in scope
7 targets. 2 excluded.
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Nintendo Switch 2 applications for which Nintendo is the publisher worldwide
Hardware and IoT Critical
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Nintendo Switch 2 Kernel / ARM® TrustZone®
Hardware and IoT Critical
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Nintendo Switch 2 Security controller known as PSC or Platform Security Controller (any component) / Security controller known as TSEC (bootROM only)
Hardware and IoT Critical
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Nintendo Switch 2 System Processes
Hardware and IoT Critical
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Nintendo Switch 2 System Processes allowing piracy
Hardware and IoT Critical
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Nintendo Switch applications for which Nintendo is the publisher worldwide
Hardware and IoT Critical
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Nintendo Switch System
Hardware and IoT Critical
No target matches. Try part of a host name, such as the company name.
Out of scope 2
Don't test these. A program can exclude a host another program covers; the program you report to decides.
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Nintendo 3DS applications for which Nintendo is the publisher worldwide
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Nintendo 3DS System
Recent changes
Reward and scope changes across every Nintendo program, newest first.
No changes recorded yet. New targets and reward moves show up here and in the RSS feed.
Recent CVEs
Published vulnerabilities in Nintendo products, from the NVD.
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CVE-2023-45887 Critical
DS Wireless Communication (DWC) with DWC_VERSION_3 and DWC_VERSION_11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a game-playing client's machine via a modified GPCM message.
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CVE-2023-35856 Critical
A buffer overflow in Nintendo Mario Kart Wii RMCP01, RMCE01, RMCJ01, and RMCK01 can be exploited by a game client to execute arbitrary code on a client's machine via a crafted packet.
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CVE-2022-47949 Critical
The Nintendo NetworkBuffer class, as used in Animal Crossing: New Horizons before 2.0.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large UDP packet that causes a buffer overflow, aka ENLBufferPwn. The victim must join a game session with the attacker. Other affected products include Mario Kart 7 before 1.2, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe before 2.1.0, ARMS befor
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CVE-2022-3216 Medium
A vulnerability has been found in Nintendo Game Boy Color and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Mobile Adapter GB. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-208606 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
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CVE-2022-36381 High
OS command injection vulnerability in Nintendo Wi-Fi Network Adaptor WAP-001 All versions allows an attacker with an administrative privilege to execute arbitrary OS commands via unspecified vectors.
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CVE-2022-36293 High
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Nintendo Wi-Fi Network Adaptor WAP-001 All versions allows an attacker with an administrative privilege to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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CVE-2020-13109 Critical
Morita Shogi 64 through 2020-05-02 for Nintendo 64 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packet data to the built-in modem because 0x800b3e94 (aka the IF subcommand to top-level command 7) has a stack-based buffer overflow.
About this page
This page gathers every public program listed under nintendo.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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