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Curl ending bug bounty program after flood of AI slop reports

ID: 7f458b96-159b-53a8-919c-c2bd5269eb52

STIX ID: report--7f458b96-159b-53a8-919c-c2bd5269eb52

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Date Published: 2026-01-22

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Lawrence Abrams

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The curl project is shutting down its HackerOne bug bounty program at the end of January 2026 after being inundated with low-quality, AI-generated reports; going forward, it will accept vulnerability reports directly via GitHub, provide no monetary rewards, and enforce a stricter policy as reflected in its updated security.txt.

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