triage-validation

To validate if a bug bounty finding is real and report-ready, use a structured 7-question triage workflow that checks for HTTP-level exploitability, program scope, impact, uniqueness, and evidence quality. This process stops invalid findings early.

The best way to deduplicate bug bounty reports is by running them through a structured triage validation gate that checks candidate findings against disclosed reports and known issues to ensure uniqueness before drafting the submission.

To map validated attacker impact to a CVSS 3.1 severity score, apply severity guidance rules that require practical attacker impact evidence. This ensures the assigned severity level is defensible and aligns with common program expectations.

You should not submit a bug bounty report if the finding matches a known-invalid class on a never-submit list, or if it belongs to a conditional category that fails required exploit chaining rules during the triage validation process.

Stop-on-first-failure logic in bug triage validation enforces a sequential 7-question gate that immediately halts the evaluation process when a candidate finding fails a check, returning a KILL outcome to prevent wasted time on invalid bugs.

Yes, you can triage candidate bugs across the recon-to-exploitation workflow by standardizing what submit-worthy means per finding, applying reality checks, impact validation, and report-quality gates to reduce noise regardless of the testing phase.