Stellar Development Foundation bug bounty programs
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Stellar Development Foundation runs two public programs: a HackerOne disclosure program with no cash rewards and a self-hosted bug bounty.
- Top reward
- Not published
- Programs
- 2
- 1 pays cash
- Targets in scope
- 20
- 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
Stellar.org
HackerOne · A disclosure program: you report for credit, not cash.
| Program | Critical | High | Medium | Low | Top reward | Safe harbor | KYC | First response | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stellar.org
HackerOne · Disclosure only |
$25k (highest) | $15k (highest) | $10k (highest) | $2,000 (highest) | No cash | Partial | Required | 41 hours average | Open |
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Stellar
Self-hosted · Bug bounty |
– | – | – | – | Not published | None | Required | 3 days promised | Open |
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- Critical
- $25k (highest)
- High
- $15k (highest)
- Medium
- $10k (highest)
- Low
- $2,000 (highest)
- Safe harbor
- Partial
- KYC
- Required
- First response
- 41 hours average
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- Safe harbor
- None
- KYC
- Required
- First response
- 3 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
20 targets across all 2 programs, each listed once with the programs that cover it. 13 excluded.
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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All test files
HackerOne
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Any exploit that requires a quorum of validators
HackerOne
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Any feature behind a BUILD_TESTS flag
HackerOne
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Any security issue arising from collusion of node blocking set
HackerOne
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Archived GitHub repositories and projects
HackerOne
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For MEV attacks, probabilistic/brute-force transaction ordering approaches
HackerOne
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GitHub repository forks
HackerOne
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Offline commands
HackerOne
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Repositories that explicitly state they are out of scope
HackerOne
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sites hosted by third parties
Self-hosted
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stellar-core's built-in HTTP command and query endpoints
HackerOne
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third party applications that make use of Stellar’s API
Self-hosted
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Vulnerabilities affecting third-party applications that consume Stellar APIs
HackerOne
Recent changes
Reward and scope changes across every Stellar Development Foundation 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 stellar.org: 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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