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USAA Bug Bounty and Responsible
Disclosure Program

If you want to report a vulnerability for a possible bug bounty, please review our responsible disclosure standards first.

Scope

The scope is limited to technical vulnerabilities on USAA owned applications. The properties below are in scope:

  • www.usaa.com.
  • mobile.usaa.com.
  • Native mobile applications (iOS, Android, Windows 10).

Eligible Vulnerabilities

  • Cross-site scripting.
  • SQL injection.
  • Remote code execution.
  • Cross-site request forger.
  • Information disclosure.

Vulnerability research and testing should include member data solely under the researcher's control. It should not include other members' private data.

Ineligible Reports and False Positives

  • Domains/subdomains which are not included in the abovementioned testing scope.
  • Denial-of-service attack related vulnerabilities.
  • Vulnerabilities discovered through automated tools or scans.
  • Reports from USAA employees, USAA contractors or USAA suppliers or any persons related to or otherwise affiliated with USAA employees or contractors or suppliers.
  • Vulnerabilities which require physical access to a user's device.
  • Vulnerabilities in USAA partner sites.
  • Non-sensitive information available via our CDN (Content Delivery Network).
  • Non-sensitive information available on USAA Member Community sites.
  • Spam or social engineering techniques.
  • Physical attacks against USAA offices, data centers and financial centers.

We will attempt to respond in a timely manner:

  • Acknowledgement of the vulnerability report.
  • Time frame for a vulnerability assessment and fixing the issue.
  • Notification that the issue has been fixed.

How to Report a Vulnerability

To report a vulnerability, email disclosure@usaa.com. We give priority to vulnerabilities reported and encrypted in a security.txt file. To learn more go to securitytxt.org. You can download our PGP key and USAA Security Key for secure communications. Please keep the details of the possible vulnerability private until a fix is released.

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