# The curl bug bounty
The curl project runs a bug bounty program in association with
-[HackerOne](https://www.hackerone.com/).
+[HackerOne](https://www.hackerone.com) and the [Internet Bug
+Bounty](https://internetbugbounty.org].
# How does it work?
Start out by posting your suspected security vulnerability directly to [curl's
-hackerone security bug tracker](https://www.hackerone.com/curl).
+HackerOne program](https://hackerone.com/curl).
-After you have reported a security issue, it has been deemed credible and a
-patch and advisory has been made public you can be eligible for a bounty from
+After you have reported a security issue, it has been deemed credible, and a
+patch and advisory has been made public, you may be eligible for a bounty from
this program.
-See all details at [https://hackerone.com/curl](https://hackerone.com/curl)
+See all details at https://hackerone.com/curl.
This bounty is relying on funds from sponsors. If you use curl professionally,
-consider help funding this!
+consider help funding this! See https://opencollective.com/curl for details.
-# How much money is the bounty at
+# What are the reward amounts?
The curl projects offer monetary compensation for reported and published
security vulnerabilities. The amount of money that is rewarded depends on how
Medium: 1,000 USD
Low: 500 USD
-# Who's eligible for a reward
+# Who is eligible for a reward?
Everyone and anyone who reports a security problem in a released curl version
that hasn't already been reported can ask for a bounty.
-Vulnerabilities in features which are off by default and documented as
-experimental, are not eligible for a reward.
+Vulnerabilities in features that are off by default and documented as
+experimental are not eligible for a reward.
The vulnerability has to be fixed and publicly announced (by the curl project)
before a bug bounty will be considered.
vulnerability.
The vulnerabilities must not have been made public before February 1st, 2019.
-We do not retroactively pay for old, already known and published security
+We do not retroactively pay for old, already known, or published security
problems.
# Product vulnerabilities only
This bug bounty only concerns the curl and libcurl products and thus their
respective source codes - when running on existing hardware. It does not
-include documentation, web sites or other infrastructure.
+include documentation, websites, or other infrastructure.
The curl security team will be the sole arbiter if a reported flaw can be
subject to a bounty or not.
-# How are vulnerabilities graded
+# How are vulnerabilities graded?
The grading of each reported vulnerability that makes a reward claim will be
performed by the curl security team. The grading will be based on the CVSS
(Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 3.0.
-# How are reward amounts determined
+# How are reward amounts determined?
The curl security team first gives the vulnerability a score, as mentioned
above, and based on that level we set an amount depending on the specifics of
the individual case. Other sponsors of the program might also get involved and
can raise the amounts depending on the particular issue.
-# What happens if the bounty fund is drained
+# What happens if the bounty fund is drained?
The bounty fund depends on sponsors. If we pay out more bounties than we add,
the fund will eventually drain. If that end up happening, we will simply not
be able to pay out as high bounties as we would like and hope that we can
convince new sponsors to help us top up the fund again.
-# Regarding taxes etc on the bounties
+# Regarding taxes, etc. on the bounties
In the event that the individual receiving a curl bug bounty needs to pay
-taxes on the reward money, that's something for the receiver to work out and
-handle together with hackerone. The curl project or its security team never
-actually receive any of this money, hold the money or pay out the money.
+taxes on the reward money, the responsibility lies with the receiver. The
+curl project or its security team never actually receive any of this money,
+hold the money, or pay out the money.
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