Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports

Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports Swati KhandelwalOct 06, 2026Vulnerability / Open Source Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its bug bounty program for its open-source software. The change, in effect since October 1, means researchers can no longer submit security flaws in the code of projects such as Go, Angular, and Protocol Buffers there for a reward. Reports about supply chain compromises are still accepted, and reports filed before October 1 are not affected. Google called the stop temporary in a post on X on October 1 and said it was due to "a significant rise in automated submissions, the vast majority of which are not valid." The post gave…