Aurora Smart Contract
By Aurora Bug bounty on HackenProof near.org
- Top reward
- $300,000
- Top severity paid
- Critical
- Assets in scope
- 14
- Public CVEs
- 0
- Last change
At a glance
What to know before you start testing.
- Pays up to $300,000
- for critical bugs.
- Report on HackenProof
- Submit through the program page.
- Replies within 3 days
- As the policy promises.
- Paid by AURORA tokens
- Proof of identity needed to get paid.
- No public write-ups
- Keep findings private.
Rewards
What HackenProof lists as the payout for each severity.
| Severity | Relative size | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Critical |
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$300,000 |
- Response
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Within 3 days
First Response 3d
Summarised with AI from the program policy on HackenProof, read 12 Nov 2026, and checked word for word against it. Read the original
Scope
14 assets you may test, 6 excluded.
Source code 13
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/engine
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/engine-precompiles
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/engine-sdk
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/engine-transactions
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/engine-types
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/etc/eth-contracts
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine-precompiles
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine-sdk
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine-transactions
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine-types
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/etc/eth-contracts
- https://github.com/aurora-is-near/sputnikvm
Web 1
- https://explorer.near.org/accounts/aurora
Out of scope (6)
- Basic economic governance attacks (e.g. 51% attack)
- Best practice critiques
- Centralization risks
- Incorrect data supplied by third party oracles
- Lack of liquidity
- Sybil attacks
Rules
What the policy asks of you, and the bug types it won't reward, quoted from Aurora Smart Contract (via HackenProof)'s policy. "We" in these lines means the program, not this site.
While testing
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Any testing with mainnet or public testnet contracts; all testing should be done on private testnets
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Any testing with pricing oracles or third party smart contracts
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Attempting phishing or other social engineering attacks against our employees and/or customers
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Any testing with third party systems and applications (e.g. browser extensions) as well as websites (e.g. SSO providers, advertising networks)
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Any denial of service attacks
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Automated testing of services that generates significant amounts of traffic
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Public disclosure of an unpatched vulnerability in an embargoed bounty
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Any vulnerability found must be reported no later than 24 hours after discovery, and exclusively through hackenproof.com
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ONLY USE YOUR HackenProof ADDRESS (in case of violation, no bounty can be awarded)
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Hacker must successfully pass KYC in order to be eligible for the reward.
Not accepted
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Incorrect data supplied by third party oracles
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Basic economic governance attacks (e.g. 51% attack)
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Lack of liquidity
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Best practice critiques
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Sybil attacks
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Centralization risks
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Smart contract fails to deliver promised returns, but doesn’t lose value
Summarised with AI from the program policy on HackenProof, read 12 Nov 2026, and checked word for word against it. Read the original
Changes
Tracked since 11 Nov 2026. Last checked 1 hour ago.
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Before we tracked it
Scope and reward changes recorded before this page started tracking it.
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Reward terms
The reward table or payout terms were edited
Public CVEs
Published vulnerabilities in this vendor's products, from the NVD.
No CVEs matched yet. We match NVD records by vendor name, so products sold under another name can be missing.
Original policy
Copied from hackenproof.com on 12 Nov 2026. The summaries on this page are made from it; the live page may have changed since.
Bug bounty Triaged by HackenProof Aurora Smart Contract: Program info Aurora Smart Contract Company: Aurora Scope Review: 354041 Submissions: 672 Total rewards: $14,500 Reputation 100 points required KYC Required PoC Required Submission fee $5 Program is: active now Live Submit report Program info Hackers 246 Reports 0 Aurora Labs have created the Aurora Engine: an EVM layer that interconnects Ethereum and NEAR ecosystems. All Scope Focus Area Program Rules Eligibility and Coordinated Disclosure Disclosure Guidelines Scope Search targets In scope Target │ Type │ Severity https://explorer.near.org/accounts/aurora Copy Aurora │ Engine │ Critical https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine Copy Engine Master │ Engine │ Critical https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/engine Copy Engine Dev │ Engine │ Critical https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine-precompiles Copy Engine Master Precompiles │ Engine │ Critical https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/develop/engine-precompiles Copy EngineDevPrecompiles │ Engine │ Critical https://github.com/aurora-is-near/aurora-engine/tree/master/engine-sdk Copy Engine Master SDK │ Engine │ Critical Show all targets Focus Area GENERAL NOTE! Aurora is entitled to make payments in AURORA tokens - locked distribution within 1 year linearly unlock. All smart contracts of Aurora can be found at https://github.com/aurora-is-near. However, only those in the Assets in Scope table are considered as in-scope of the bug bounty program. The Aurora team aims to communicate any changes to the Assets in Scope table with HackenProof as soon as possible. If an impact can be caused to any other asset managed by Aurora that isn’t on this table but for which the impact is in the Impacts in Scope section below, you are encouraged to submit it for the consideration by the project. This only applies to Critical impacts. Only the following impacts are accepted within this bug bounty program. All other impacts are not considered as in-scope, even if they affect something in the assets in scope table. The total maximum reward for High and Critical severity bugs is capped at 10% of the funds that are practically affected by the discovered vulnerability: maxReward = min(10% TVL, maxSeverityBudget) All findings are limited by top reward in their severity: -- Low - up to $1000 -- Medium - up to $10 000 -- High - up to $100 000 -- Critical - up to $1 000 000 IN-SCOPE – SMART CONTRACT VULNERABILITIES Only the following impacts are accepted within this bug bounty program. All other impacts are not considered as in-scope, even if they affect something in the assets in scope table. Any governance voting result manipulation Direct theft of any user funds, whether at-rest or in-motion, other than unclaimed yield Permanent freezing of funds Insolvency Theft of unclaimed yield Permanent freezing of unclaimed yield Temporary freezing of funds Smart contract unable to operate due to lack of funds Block stuffing for profit Griefing (e.g. no profit motive for an attacker, but damage to the users or the protocol) Theft of gas Unbounded gas consumption Smart contract fails to deliver promised returns, but doesn’t lose value OUT OF SCOPE – SMART CONTRACT AND BLOCKCHAIN Incorrect data supplied by third party oracles Not to exclude oracle manipulation/flash loan attacks Basic economic governance attacks (e.g. 51% attack) Lack of liquidity Best practice critiques Sybil attacks Centralization risks Program Rules The following activities are prohibited by this bug bounty program: Any testing with mainnet or public testnet contracts; all testing should be done on private testnets Any testing with pricing oracles or third party smart contracts Attempting phishing or other social engineering attacks against our employees and/or customers Any testing with third party systems and applications (e.g. browser extensions) as well as websites (e.g. SSO providers, advertising networks) Any denial of service attacks Automated testing of services that generates significant amounts of traffic Public disclosure of an unpatched vulnerability in an embargoed bounty Eligibility and Coordinated Disclosure We are happy to thank everyone who submits valid reports, which help us improve the security. However, only those who meet the following eligibility requirements may receive a monetary reward: You must be the first vulnerability reporter. The vulnerability must be a qualifying vulnerability Any vulnerability found must be reported no later than 24 hours after discovery, and exclusively through hackenproof.com You must send a clear textual description of the report along with steps to reproduce the issue, including attachments such as screenshots or proof of concept code as necessary. You must not be a former or current employee of us or one of its contractors. ONLY USE YOUR HackenProof ADDRESS (in case of violation, no bounty can be awarded) Provide detailed but to-the-point reproduction steps, proof of concept is mandatory for all severity types of smart contract and webapp vulnerabilities. Hacker must successfully pass KYC in order to be eligible for the reward. Disclosure Guidelines As this is a private program, please do not discuss this program or any vulnerabilities (even resolved ones) outside of the program without express consent from the organization No vulnerability disclosure, including partial, is allowed for the moment. Please do NOT publish/discuss bugs Live since 01 Apr 2023 Published date 01 Apr 2023 Last updated 27 Oct 2026 Range of bounty $500 - $300,000 Severity Critical $300,000 High $100,000 Medium $10,000 Low $1,000 Bridge L1/L2 smart contract Rust Solidity @hellnia KYC Verified 1 @0x0001 KYC Verified 2 @fromeo016 KYC Verified 3 @Coffinxp 4 @kalialucard KYC Verified 5 Response type Business days First Response 3d Triage Time 3d Reward Time 5d Resolution Time 30d