We accept vulnerability reports only if the vulnerability was previously unknown to the VK team.
The types of vulnerabilities eligible for bounties are listed in the "Rewards" section at the end of the rules for the Bug Bounty program rules.
The bounty amounts shown in the description are for reference only.
The applicability and amount of a bounty may depend on the severity of the problem, novelty, likelihood of use, environment, and/or other factors.
The VK security team makes a bounty decision for each message individually.
Any vulnerabilities not listed in the "Rewards" section are paid for at the discretion of the program owner.
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Bugs identified at tracker.cups.online, gamescup.ru, mlbootcamp.ru, russiandesigncup.ru, highloadcup.ru, aicups.ru are accepted as informational and are not paid for.
Errors disclosed as a result of the task or participating in CTF VK competitions will not be accepted!
MitM and local attacks, open redirects, insufficient session validation, handling cookies after logout, etc. are not accepted unless additional vectors are defined (e.g., the ability to steal a session token via a remote vector for open redirects).
Bugs identified on demo stands, dev infrastructure, domains used for training, delegated, externally hosted domains and partner services are accepted as informational and are not paid for.
0-day/1-day vulnerabilities may be considered as a duplicate within several weeks after vulnerability details publication.
Bug reports submitted by current or former employees (up to one year from the end of employment) of the VK Group are accepted without payment.
When testing RCE, SQLi, LFI, LFR, SSTI it is allowed to use only MINIMALLY possible POC for proof (sleep, accessing /etc/passwd, curl).
Publishing or disclosing bug report details without approval from VK's information security team is prohibited. We reserve the right to refuse any request for public disclosure of the report.
We will not accept the vulnerability if the competition is organized under the partnership of VK and/or the vulnerability does not affect VK infrastructure in any way.
It is recommended to limit all scanning tools to 10 requests per second.
Vulnerability | Maximum bounty |
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Remote code execution (RCE) | 600 000 ₽ |
Server-side Injections (SQLi or an alternative) | 300 000 ₽ |
Access to and work with local files (LFR, RFI, XXE) without jail / chroot / file type restrictions | 300 000 ₽ |
RCE/LFI in the dev infrastructure / isolated or virtualized process | 120 000 ₽ |
Non-blind SSRF (with the ability to read the response text), except for dedicated proxies | 120 000 ₽ |
Blind SSRF, except for dedicated proxies | 45 000 ₽ |
Server-side vulnerability involving disclosure (e.g. memory leaks / IDORs) of critical or highly sensitive application data | 9 000 - 240 000 ₽ |
Server-side vulnerability involving disclosure (e.g. memory leaks / IDORs) of protected personal data or sensitive client information | 9 000 ₽ - 180 000 ₽ |
Server-side vulnerability involving disclosure (e.g. memory leaks / IDORs) of sensitive application or infrastructure data / organizational role privilege escalation | 9 000 ₽ - 180 000 ₽ |
Admin/support authentication bypass | 120 000 ₽ |
Blind XSS in the admin/support interface | 60 000 ₽ |
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) | 0 ₽ - 15 000 ₽ |
Detailed error output, local installation path, phpinfo() output, performance counters, etc. are not considered confidential; such messages are usually accepted without payment of a bounty. Messages about disclosure of software versions are not accepted.
Self-XSS, XSS specific to non-common browsers (e.g. IE), blocked CSPs and other vectors without proven script execution are generally accepted without reward. Subdomain takeovers are considered under the same severity/conditions as cross-site request forgery (CSRF).