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Hack Monty Round 3 & Round 2 results
Pydantic · Samuel Colvin · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- Pydantic launched Hack Monty Round 3, a security bounty competition offering up to $20,000 to find vulnerabilities in their Monty sandbox execution environment.
- Why it matters
- Security researchers and engineers should care if they want to test sandbox escape techniques or find memory safety issues in Python code execution systems.
- Watch out
- Round 2 found no sandbox escapes despite months of attempts, suggesting the sandbox is hardened; bounty payments require bank accounts in GitHub Sponsors-supported regions.
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