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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 06/18/2026 13:00 EDT

Google Toldl Researchers 'Nice Catch!' Then Denied Bug Bounty For Flaw It Still Hasn't Fixed

Security researcher Justin O'Leary says Google initially accepted his Config Connector privilege-escalation report as a high-priority, high-severity bug, then denied a bounty by declaring the behavior "working as intended." "Google initially rated the bug high priority and high severity, with a rep telling O'Leary 'Nice Catch!' Then, the cloud giant changed course and told O'Leary [...] that there's no vulnerability, so no fix and no reward payout," reports The Register. "The bug report, however, is still m

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