In brief. Kong is a bug bounty program on HackerOne. Its critical reports have paid an average of $2,000 across 7 reports (HackerOne figures, November 2, 2026). It received 1,084 reports in the 90 days to November 2, 2026, about 60 per in-scope asset.
Kong
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These are HackerOne’s own figures for this program, taken from its public page. Researchers did not report them, and they don't count toward the BugRater grade. Captured 2 Nov 2026.
What it pays, by severity
$38,850 paid to researchers in total, $24,000 of it in the last 90 days. This is HackerOne’s lifetime figure. It shows the program has paid out before. It doesn't tell you what any one report will get.
Intake & responsiveness, last 90 days
Response targets it sets itself
These are targets the program set. They don't show whether it meets them.
Barriers to submitting
Open to submit. HackerOne lists no requirements for submitting a report here.
Over 72 days (97 snapshots): intake up 362 reports; response efficiency down 7 points; 90-day payout up $18,550.
Reviews
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Who this program credits
127 creditedResearchers HackerOne shows on this program’s public thanks list, best position first. “Recognised” is how many of a hunter’s submissions the program accepted; the ratio is their signal here, not our judgement of them.
| # | Researcher | Reputation | Recognised / submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alexbob90 | 318 | 9 / 15 60% |
| 2 | timhaines | 150 | 0 / 1 0% |
| 3 | bugbunnyresearch | 108 | 4 / 9 44% |
| 4 | dyl0 | 89 | 0 / 1 0% |
| 4 | hachiman_hikigaya | 47 | 1 / 7 14% |
| 5 | viperblitzz | 86 | 1 / 9 11% |
| 6 | axmine_0 | 79 | 0 / 4 0% |
| 7 | johanw | 64 | 1 / 7 14% |
| 7 | luryus | 64 | 0 / 12 0% |
| 9 | ayyoub | 57 | 1 / 1 100% |
| 9 | barbarossaelqady | 57 | 1 / 1 100% |
| 9 | sarkastik | 57 | 0 / 1 0% |
| 9 | saumil707 | 57 | 0 / 1 0% |
| 13 | skraft9 | 47 | 0 / 4 0% |
| 14 | muhammad_wageh_ | 44 | 2 / 8 25% |
| 14 | spectrecyber | 44 | 1 / 8 13% |
| 16 | dioxion | 34 | 1 / 18 6% |
| 16 | skymara18 | 34 | 2 / 3 67% |
| 18 | a1ex_7 | 32 | 1 / 4 25% |
| 18 | adam_baldwin | 32 | 1 / 5 20% |
| 18 | baba-sab | 32 | 1 / 2 50% |
| 18 | devchathu | 32 | 0 / 0 |
| 18 | holistis | 32 | 0 / 0 |
| 18 | jackhacattack | 32 | 0 / 0 |
| 18 | nopcorn | 32 | 1 / 1 100% |
Showing the top 25 of 127 credited on HackerOne.
HackerOne published these facts on the program's page. Researchers did not report them, and they don't count toward the BugRater grade. Last checked 6 Nov 2026.
Scope
30 assets| Asset | Type | Eligibility | Max severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| developer.konghq.com | URL | ✓ bounty | High |
| GitHub Actions | OTHER | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| GitHub Actions in our Public Repositories | OTHER | ✓ bounty | None |
| http://cloud.konghq.com | URL | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| https://*.api.konghq.com | WILDCARD | ✓ bounty | Critical |
Show all 30 assets
| Asset | Type | Eligibility | Max severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| https://app.insomnia.rest/ | URL | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| https://cloud.konghq.com | URL | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| https://us.identity.konghq.com/* | WILDCARD | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| Insomnia Desktop Client | OTHER | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| Kong Gateway | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| Kong Gateway (OSS and Enterprise) | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| Kong Gateway Enterprise | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| Kong Gateway Plugins (Kong-Supported Only) | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| Kong Mesh | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| kong.my.site.com | URL | ✓ bounty | Critical |
| konghq.com | URL | ✓ bounty | High |
| Subdomain Takeover - konghq.com | OTHER | ✓ bounty | High |
| *.*.edge.gateways.konghq.com | WILDCARD | out | None |
| *.gateways.konghq.com | WILDCARD | out | None |
| https://*.konghq.tech | WILDCARD | out | None |
| https://docs.konghq.com | URL | out | None |
| https://httpbin.konghq.com/ | URL | out | None |
| https://insomnia.rest/ | URL | out | None |
| https://konghq.com/ | URL | out | None |
| https://kuma.io/ | URL | out | None |
| Insomnia CLI (inso) | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | out | None |
| Kong Enterprise Gateway - Sandbox Functionality | OTHER | out | None |
| Kong Gateway OSS | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | submit only | Medium |
| Non-Kong GitHub Repositories | OTHER | out | None |
| Non-Kong Plugins | DOWNLOADABLE EXECUTABLES | out | None |