Bounty-Hive

In most bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure programs today, weaponized proof-of-concept exploits are:

• Possessed directly by researchers
• Transferred to companies without strong custody controls
• Stored in ticketing systems or file shares with weak access guarantees
• Handled without cryptographic audit trails or consent enforcement

This creates legal exposure, insider risk, accidental leakage risk, and regulatory liability for both platforms and enterprise recipients.

Bounty-Hive introduces a custody-first architecture for weaponized vulnerability artifacts.

• Researchers never retain final exploit payload possession
• All PoCs are sealed, hashed, and stored under platform-controlled custody
• Outbound delivery is company-only and approval-gated
• Every disclosure is bound to cryptographic audit evidence
• Mitigation artifacts are mandatory alongside exploit artifacts

This transforms PoC handling from an informal trust process into a governed, auditable, enterprise-safe pipeline.

Bounty-Hive operates as a neutral custody and approval engine that integrates into existing bug bounty or VDP workflows.

1. Researchers submit PoCs into a sealed custody environment
2. Artifacts are normalized, hashed, and audit-logged
3. Disclosure requests require platform and company approval
4. Outbound delivery is cryptographically bound and company-only
5. Finalization enforces non-retention and non-leakage invariants

Bounty-Hive is currently onboarding a limited number of pilot partners across bug bounty platforms and enterprise security teams.

Pilot partners receive:

• Early access to the custody and audit engine
• Integration guidance and workflow design support
• Input into governance and approval policy models
• Preferential commercial terms post-pilot