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OpenAI raises bug bounty payouts, critical findings up to $30,000

Original title: Rewarding defenders with bigger bug bounties

OpenAI News ()4 min read1
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Exceptional critical findings stay eligible for $100,000, or up to $172,000 with bonuses.

OpenAI raised rewards in its Security Bug Bounty program, saying it more than quadrupled the midpoint of ranges for medium, high, and critical findings on average. A critical vulnerability in ChatGPT, Codex, or the API Platform can now earn up to $30,000. Quality, loyalty, and priority-campaign multipliers can raise exceptional critical findings from $100,000 to as much as $172,000. Unawarded reports use the new ranges, and bounties paid in the prior 30 days may receive the difference.

Unconfirmed: OpenAI says the example vulnerabilities and historical awards are illustrative, not confirmed incidents.

Key facts
  • An illustrative critical ChatGPT payout rises from $6,500 to $51,577 with bonuses.
  • OpenAI says the payout scenarios and historical awards are illustrative.
  • Reports not yet awarded use the new ranges.
  • Awards from the 30 days before the announcement may be topped up.
  • OpenAI's security team will attend PROMPT2PWN in Oakland on November 20–21.
Security assessment · AI, from the article
What to do
  1. 1.Submit findings through OpenAI's Security Bug Bounty program to qualify for the new ranges.
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From the original article

4 min read at openai.com

OpenAI is raising Security Bug Bounty rewards and introducing report quality, loyalty, and priority campaign bonuses for independent security researchers.

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