Does RubyGems have a bug bounty program?

RubyGems 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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RubyGems

HackerOne·updated 13h ago

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payout: no bounty
scope: 4 in · 9 out
safe harbor: unknown
response: no reports

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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

2urls
1other
1source

Scope

In scope

004

urls02

+rubygems.org· critical
+shipit.rubygems.org· critical

source code01

+github.com/rubygems/rubygems· critical

other01

+Malicious or compromised gem· high

Out of scope

009

urls08

apis01

−rubygems.org/names

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

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