Does DuckDuckGo have a bug bounty program?

DuckDuckGo runs a public vulnerability disclosure program (VDP) on HackerOne. It accepts good-faith security reports but does not offer cash rewards. It lists 4 in-scope assets.

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DuckDuckGo

HackerOne·updated 4h ago

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payout: no bounty
scope: 4 in · 0 out
safe harbor: unknown
response: no reports

open program

hunt score

vdpfresh

formula →

payout

0/55

bounty

0/20

freshness

25/25

how we sort the index, not an estimate of what you’ll earn

Attack surface

4 in-scope

1wildcards
1other
1ios
1source

Scope

In scope

004

wildcards01

+*.duckduckgo.comscope· critical

ios01

+com.duckduckgo.mobile.ios· critical

source code01

+github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-privacy-extension· critical

other01

+com.duckduckgo.mobile.android· critical

Out of scope

000

none listed

Change history

1 event

2026-08-06
first indexed
92d ago · 4 in-scope assets

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Community reports

0 reports

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Your notes

▸ raw source payload

{
  "id": 0,
  "url": "https://hackerone.com/duckduckgo",
  "name": "DuckDuckGo",
  "handle": "duckduckgo",
  "targets": {
    "in_scope": [
      {
        "asset_type": "WILDCARD",
        "instruction": "",
        "max_severity": "critical",
        "asset_identifier": "*.duckduckgo.com",
        "eligible_for_bounty": false,
        "integrity_requirement": "high",
        "eligible_for_submission": true,
        "availability_requirement": "high",
        "confidentiality_requirement": "high"
      },
      {
        "asset_type": "GOOGLE_PLAY_APP_ID",
        "instruction": "",
        "max_severity": "critical",
        "asset_identifier": "com.duckduckgo.mobile.android",
        "eligible_for_bounty": false,
        "integrity_requirement": "high",
        "eligible_for_submission": true,
        "availability_requirement": "high",
        "confidentiality_requirement": "high"
      },
      {
        "asset_type": "APPLE_STORE_APP_ID",
        "instruction": "",
        "max_severity": "critical",
        "asset_identifier": "com.duckduckgo.mobile.ios",
        "eligible_for_bounty": false,
        "integrity_requirement": "high",
        "eligible_for_submission": true,
        "availability_requirement": "high",
        "confidentiality_requirement": "high"
      },
      {
        "asset_type": "SOURCE_CODE",
        "instruction": "",
        "max_severity": "critical",
        "asset_identifier": "https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-privacy-extension",
        "eligible_for_bounty": false,
        "integrity_requirement": "high",
        "eligible_for_submission": true,
        "availability_requirement": "high",
        "confidentiality_requirement": "high"
      }
    ],
    "out_of_scope": []
  },
  "website": "https://duckduckgo.com",
  "offers_swag": true,
  "managed_program": true,
  "offers_bounties": false,
  "submission_state": "open",
  "allows_bounty_splitting": false,
  "average_time_to_bounty_awarded": null,
  "response_efficiency_percentage": 58,
  "average_time_to_report_resolved": 5783,
  "average_time_to_first_program_response": 2
}