Ava Labs Avalanche
Bounty Range
$1,000 - $100,000
external program
Ava Labs Avalanche
Bounty Range
$1,000 - $100,000
external program
Ava Labs makes it simple to deploy high-performance solutions for Web3, led by innovations on Avalanche. The company was founded by Cornell computer scientists, who partnered with Wall Street veterans and early Web3 leaders to execute a promising vision for redefining the way people build and use open, permissionless networks. Ava Labs is redefining the way people create value with Web3.
For more information about Ava Labs, please visit https://www.avalabs.org/
Ava Labs Avalanche provides rewards in USDC and locked AVAX, denominated in USD.
Blockchain/DLT
Smart Contract
For critical Blockchain/DLT bugs, the reward amount is 10% of the funds directly affected, capped at the maximum critical reward of $100,000.
Minimum reward to discourage security researchers from withholding a bug report: $10,000
The reward is dependent on the ratio between the funds at risk, which includes all affected projects on top of the respective blockchain/DLT, and the market cap according to the average between CoinMarketCap.com and CoinGecko.com, calculated at the time the bug report is submitted.
For critical Blockchain/DLT bugs with a non-funds-at-risk impact, the reward will be paid out as follows:
For high Blockchain/DLT non-funds-at-risk impacts, the reward will be paid out as follows:
For critical smart contract bugs, the reward amount is 10% of the funds directly affected up to a maximum of USD 100,000. The calculation of the amount of funds at risk is based on the time and date the bug report is submitted. However, a minimum reward of USD 10,000 is to be rewarded in order to incentivize security researchers against withholding a critical bug report.
NOTE: Smart contracts deployed by third-parties on Avalanche are EXPLICITLY OUT OF SCOPE. This bug bounty ONLY includes the smart contracts listed as in scope below.
If the smart contract where the vulnerability exists can be upgraded or paused, only the initial attacks within the first hour will be considered for a reward. This is because the project can mitigate the risk of further exploitation by upgrading or pausing the component where the vulnerability exists. The reward amount will depend on the severity of the impact and the funds at risk.
For critical repeatable attacks on smart contracts that cannot be upgraded or paused, the project will consider the cumulative impact of the repeatable attacks for a reward. This is because the project cannot prevent the attacker from repeatedly exploiting the vulnerability until all funds are drained and/or other irreversible damage is done. Therefore, this warrants a reward equivalent to 10% of funds at risk, capped at the maximum critical reward.
High vulnerabilities concerning theft/permanent freezing of unclaimed yield/royalties are considered at the full amount of funds at risk, capped at the maximum high reward. This is to incentivize security researchers to uncover and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities that may have not have significant monetary value today, but could still be damaging to the project if it goes unaddressed.
In the event of temporary freezing, the reward increases at a multiplier of two from the full frozen value for every additional 24h that the funds are temporarily frozen, up until a max cap of the high reward. This is because as the duration of the freezing lengthens, the potential for greater damage and subsequent reputational harm intensifies. Thus, by increasing the reward proportionally with the frozen duration, the project ensures stronger incentives for bug disclosure of this nature.
Payouts are handled by the Ava Labs team directly and are denominated in USD.
Please note: In cases where the size of the reward exceeds an equivalent of 10,000 USD, Ava Labs is entitled to make the payment in one-year locked AVAX at the rate calculated based on the VWAP of AVAX during 90 calendar days preceding the date of the respective validated report.
Ava Labs will be requesting KYC information in order to pay for successful bug submissions. The following information will be required:
The submission of KYC information is a requirement for payout processing.
Ava Labs adheres to the Primacy of Rules, which means that the whole bug bounty program is run strictly under the terms stated in this page.
A PoC, demonstrating the bug's impact, is required for this program and has to comply with the Immunefi PoC Guidelines and Rules.
Proof of concept is always required for all severities.
Category 3: Approval Required
The project may be receiving reports that are valid (the bug and attack vector are real) and cite assets and impacts that are in scope, but there may be obstacles or barriers to executing the attack in the real world. In other words, there is a question about how feasible the attack really is. Conversely, there may also be mitigation measures that projects can take to prevent the impact of the bug, which are not feasible or would require unconventional action and hence, should not be used as reasons for downgrading a bug's severity.
Therefore, Immunefi has developed a set of feasibility limitation standards which by default states what security researchers, as well as projects, can or cannot cite when reviewing a bug report.
Ava Labs's completed audit reports can be found at: https://github.com/ava-labs/audits
By adhering to Immunefi's best practice recommendations, Ava Labs has satisfied the requirements for the Immunefi Standard Badge.