How Bugcrowd sees Vulnerability Disclosure Programs and Points

Published

2021-05-27 00:00

Collected

2026-07-01 23:36

---
id: 916
title: "How Bugcrowd sees Vulnerability Disclosure Programs and Points"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/how-bugcrowd-sees-vulnerability-disclosure-programs-and-points/"
published_at: "2021-05-27T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "vdp", "vulnerability-disclosure", "program-policy", "platform-update", "crowdmatch", "points", "kudos-points", "duplicate-submissions"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/916"
lang: en
---

# How Bugcrowd sees Vulnerability Disclosure Programs and Points

## Summary

Bugcrowd disables kudos points on VDPs starting June 1, clarifying that private invites are driven by proven skill on high-impact reports rather than point chasing that fueled duplicate spam.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/how-bugcrowd-sees-vulnerability-disclosure-programs-and-points/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/916