Firedancer Bug Bounty Program

Firedancer is a new validator client for Solana.

Fast - Designed from the ground up to be fast. The concurrency model draws from experience in the low latency trading space, and the code contains many novel high performance reimplementations of core Solana primitives.

Secure - The validator's architecture allows it to run with a highly restrictive sandbox and almost no system calls.

Independent - Firedancer is written from scratch. This brings client diversity to the Solana network and helps it stay resilient to supply chain attacks in building tooling or dependencies.

For more information about Firedancer, please visit https://firedancer-io.github.io/firedancer/

Rewards

Firedancer provides rewards in USDC on Solana, denominated in USD.

Rewards by Threat Level

Blockchain/DLT Critical

• Max: $500,000
• Min: $100,000

High

• Max: $100,000
• Min: $50,000

Medium

• Max: $50,000
• Min: $5,000

Low

• Flat: $5,000

Rewards are distributed according to the impact of the vulnerability based on the Immunefi Vulnerability Severity Classification System V2.3.

Reward Payment Terms

Payouts are handled by the Firedancer team directly and are denominated in USD. However, payments are made in USDC.

Eligibility Criteria

KYC Requirement

Firedancer will be requesting KYC information in order to pay for successful bug submissions. The following information will be required:

• Full name
• Date of birth
• Proof of address (either a redacted bank statement with address or a recent utility bill)
• Copy of Passport or other Government issued ID

The submission of KYC information is a requirement for payout processing.

Responsible Publication

Firedancer adheres to category 3 - Approval Required. This Policy determines what information researchers are allowed to make public from their submitted bug reports.

Firedancer adheres to the Primacy of Rules, meaning the whole bug bounty program is run strictly under the terms and conditions stated on this page.

Proof of Concept (PoC) Requirements

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.

Known Issue Guidelines

To ensure fairness and transparency in the bug reporting process, Firedancer is prohibited from claiming that a bug report is a known or duplicate issue without providing clear and verifiable evidence. This measure is crucial to maintaining the integrity of the bug bounty program.

Firedancer must present specific proof that an issue has been previously reported and acknowledged, even if not disclosed publicly or privately as a known issue. Without such evidence, the bug report will be considered valid and eligible for the appropriate reward as per the bug bounty program terms.

For detailed information as what qualifies as acceptable proof of known issues, refer to the article on Immunefi Support: https://immunefisupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/10644746170897-Report-Closed-for-Known-Issues

Public Disclosure of Known Issues

Bug reports covering previously-discovered bugs are not eligible for a reward within this program. This includes known issues that the project is aware of but has consciously decided not to "fix", necessary code changes, or any implemented operational mitigating procedures that can lessen potential risk.

Known issues can be found at:

• https://immunefi.com/boost/firedancer-boost/information/
• https://github.com/firedancer-io/firedancer/issues
• https://github.com/firedancer-io/firedancer/pulls
• https://github.com/firedancer-io/audits

Previous Audits

Firedancer's completed audit reports can be found at https://github.com/firedancer-io/audits. Any unfixed vulnerabilities mentioned in these reports are not eligible for a reward.

Immunefi Standard Badge

By adhering to Immunefi's best practice recommendations, Firedancer has satisfied the requirements for the Immunefi Standard Badge.

Root Cause Duplicity Exemption

If multiple distinct bugs are reported with the same root cause, they will be treated and grouped as one bug.

Prohibited Activities

• Any testing on mainnet or public testnet deployed code; all testing should be done on local-forks of either public testnet or mainnet
• Any testing with pricing oracles or third-party smart contracts
• Attempting phishing or other social engineering attacks against our employees and/or customers
• Any testing with third-party systems and applications (e.g. browser extensions) as well as websites (e.g. SSO providers, advertising networks)
• Any denial of service attacks that are executed against project assets
• Automated testing of services that generates significant amounts of traffic
• Public disclosure of an unpatched vulnerability in an embargoed bounty
• Any other actions prohibited by the Immunefi Rules

Feasibility Limitations

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.

Standards include:

• Chain Rollbacks
• Pre-Impact Bug Monitoring
• Attack Investment Amount
• Attacks With A Financial Risk To The Attacker
• When Is An Impactful Attack Downgraded To Griefing?