Security researchers are essential in identifying vulnerabilities that may impact the Axelar Network. If you have discovered a security vulnerability in the Axelar chain or any repository managed by Axelar, we encourage you to notify us using one of the methods outlined below.
- Refrain from testing vulnerabilities on our publicly accessible environments, including but not limited to:
- Axelar mainnet
- Axelar Frontend Apps e.g satellite.money
- Axelar Testnet
- Axelar Testnet Frontend Apps e.g testnet.satellite.money
- Avoid reporting security vulnerabilities through public channels, including GitHub issues
To privately report a security vulnerability, please choose one of the following options:
Send your detailed vulnerability report to security@axelar.network.
Axelar is partnered with Immunefi to offer a bug bounty program. Please visit Immunefi's website for more information.
When reporting a vulnerability through either method, please include the following details to aid in our assessment:
- Type of vulnerability
- Description of the vulnerability
- Steps to reproduce the issue
- Impact of the issue
- Explanation of how an attacker could exploit it
Note
Review our criteria in the Official Docs
- Initial Report: Submit the vulnerability via one of the above channels.
- Confirmation: We will confirm receipt of your report within 48 hours.
- Assessment: Our security team will evaluate the vulnerability and inform you of its severity and the estimated time frame for resolution.
- Resolution: Once fixed, you will be contacted to verify the solution.
- Public Disclosure: Details of the vulnerability may be publicly disclosed after ensuring it poses no further risk.
During the vulnerability disclosure process, we ask security researchers to keep vulnerabilities and communications around vulnerability submissions private and confidential until a patch is developed. Should a security issue require a network upgrade, additional time may be needed to raise a governance proposal and complete the upgrade.
During this time:
- Avoid exploiting any vulnerabilities you discover.
- Demonstrate good faith by not disrupting or degrading Axelar's services.
| Severity | Description |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | Immediate threat to critical systems (e.g., chain halts, funds at risk) |
| HIGH | Significant impact on major functionality |
| MEDIUM | Impacts minor features or exposes non-sensitive data |
| LOW | Minimal impact |
Our bug bounty program is managed by Immunefi. Please visit Immunefi's website for more information.
Warning
Targeting our production environments will disqualify you from receiving any bounty.
For recommendations on how to improve this policy, either submit a pull request or send an email to security@axelar.network.