Reddit bug bounty programs
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Reddit runs two public programs: a HackerOne bug bounty paying up to $15,000 and a self-hosted disclosure program with no cash rewards.
- Top reward
- $15,000
- HackerOne
- Programs
- 2
- 1 pays cash
- Targets in scope
- 28
- 4 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.
Start here
HackerOne · Pays the most of the 2 programs: up to $15,000.
| Program | Critical | High | Medium | Low | Top reward | Safe harbor | KYC | First response | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reddit
HackerOne · Bug bounty |
$15k (highest) | $7,500 (highest) | $1,000 (highest) | $500 (highest) | $15,000 | Partial | – | 1 hour average | Open |
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Reddit
Self-hosted · Disclosure only |
– | – | – | – | No cash | None | – | – | Open |
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- Critical
- $15k (highest)
- High
- $7,500 (highest)
- Medium
- $1,000 (highest)
- Low
- $500 (highest)
- Safe harbor
- Partial
- First response
- 1 hour average
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- Safe harbor
- None
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
28 targets across all 2 programs, each listed once with the programs that cover it. 2 excluded.
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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memorable.io
HackerOne
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reddit.secure.force.com
HackerOne
Recent changes
Reward and scope changes across every Reddit 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 Reddit products, from the NVD.
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CVE-2021-41168 Medium
Snudown is a reddit-specific fork of the Sundown Markdown parser used by GitHub, with Python integration added. In affected versions snudown was found to be vulnerable to denial of service attacks to its reference table implementation. References written in markdown ` [reference_name]: https://www.example.com` are inserted into a hash table which was found to have a weak hash function, meaning tha
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CVE-2021-41168 Medium
Snudown is a reddit-specific fork of the Sundown Markdown parser used by GitHub, with Python integration added. In affected versions snudown was found to be vulnerable to denial of service attacks to its reference table implementation. References written in markdown ` [reference_name]: https://www.example.com` are inserted into a hash table which was found to have a weak hash function, meaning tha
About this page
This page gathers every public program listed under reddit.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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