Reinventing Vulnerability Disclosure using Zero-knowledge Proofs

Published

2020-05-21 11:50

Collected

2026-07-03 04:16

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id: 1865
title: "Reinventing Vulnerability Disclosure using Zero-knowledge Proofs"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2020/05/21/reinventing-vulnerability-disclosure-using-zero-knowledge-proofs/"
published_at: "2020-05-21T11:50:27Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "cryptography", "research", "vulnerability-disclosure", "darpa", "trail-of-bits", "zero-knowledge-proofs", "exploitability"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1865"
lang: en
---

# Reinventing Vulnerability Disclosure using Zero-knowledge Proofs

## Summary

Trail of Bits is partnering with cryptographer Matthew Green on DARPA-funded research into zero-knowledge proofs of exploitability, letting researchers prove a bug exists without revealing it.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2020-05-21T11:50:27Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2020/05/21/reinventing-vulnerability-disclosure-using-zero-knowledge-proofs/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1865