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Gear protocol is an advanced WASM based smart contract platform capable of being deployed as a Kusama and Polkadot parachain, that enables developers to deploy their dApps in under 5 minutes in the easiest and most efficient way possible.

Kusama
Polkadot
Blockchain
L1
Services
Rust
Maximum Bounty
$25,000
Live Since
24 February 2023
Last Updated
15 May 2024
  • PoC required

  • KYC required

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Assets in Scope

Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Common
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Core backend common
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Core backend sandbox
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Core processor
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Core
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Lazy pages
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Node
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Pallets
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Runtime interface
24 February 2023
Target
Type
Added on
Blockchain/DLT - Runtime
24 February 2023

Impacts in Scope

Critical
Network not being able to confirm new transactions (Total network shutdown)
Critical
Unintended permanent chain split requiring hard fork (Network partition requiring hard fork)
Critical
Direct loss of funds
Critical
Permanent freezing of funds (fix requires hardfork)
High
Unintended chain split (Network partition)
High
Transient consensus failures
High
RPC API crash
High
Network unable to process internal message queue and requires maintenance mode to restart it
Medium
High compute consumption by validator/mining nodes when blocks are not full
Medium
Attacks against thin clients
Medium
DoS of greater than 30% of validator or miner nodes and does not shut down the network
Low
DoS of greater than 10% but less than 30% of validator or miner nodes and does not shut down the network

Out of scope

Program's Out of Scope information

The following vulnerabilities are excluded from the rewards for this bug bounty program:

  • Attacks that the reporter has already exploited themselves, leading to damage
  • Attacks requiring access to leaked keys/credentials
  • Attacks requiring access to privileged addresses (governance, strategist)
  • Issues that can be reproduced on networks configured and currently run by Gear, i.e.:
  1. Gear Test Network V6
  2. Vara Network

Severity of Issues that point out problems with the code and can theoretically affect the above network list will be considered individually.

Smart Contracts and Blockchain

  • Incorrect data supplied by third party oracles
    • Not to exclude oracle manipulation/flash loan attacks
  • Basic economic governance attacks (e.g. 51% attack)
  • Lack of liquidity
  • Best practice critiques
  • Sybil attacks
  • Centralization risks

The following activities are prohibited by this bug bounty program:

  • Any testing with mainnet or public testnet contracts; all testing should be done on private testnets
  • 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
  • Automated testing of services that generates significant amounts of traffic
  • Public disclosure of an unpatched vulnerability in an embargoed bounty