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Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports

Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its bug bounty program for its open-source software. The change, in effect since October 1, means researchers can no longer submit security flaws in the code of projects such as Go, Angular, and Protocol Buffers there for a reward. Reports about supply chain compromises are still accepted, and reports filed before October 1 are

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports
First reported
Oct 06, 2026 09:21 UTC
Last reported
Oct 06, 2026 09:21 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
Record ID
c652756498139e845974b14d9f1a3e73e5c9e45a305b2b44fb1c4a8b90cef5dd

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Source observations

src_636032c91a0b4c9a97

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 06, 2026 09:21 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

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  • src_636032c91a0b4c9a97Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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