generated: '2026-09-02'
method: probed
probe: true
published: false
policy: []
contact: []
summary: upGrad carries a HackerOne domain-verification TXT record on upgrad.com, which is placed to prove asset
  ownership for a HackerOne program - but no PUBLIC program, policy or disclosure page could be found, so the program
  appears to be private/invite-only. No security.txt is served. No Security or VulnerabilityDisclosure pointer is
  emitted, because neither a policy nor a contact is publicly readable.
evidence:
- source: dns:TXT upgrad.com
  kind: hackerone-domain-verification
  value: h1-domain-verification=sWWQhbwPcfAgdLtYwVPsjEF9XsS9rurxPF6KYkRWc1f8urV5
  note: Real HackerOne asset-verification record - evidence a program relationship exists
- source: https://hackerone.com/graphql
  kind: program-lookup
  http_status: 200
  value: team(handle:"upgrad") -> NOT_FOUND "Team does not exist"
  note: No public HackerOne program page exists for this handle
- source: https://hackerone.com/upgrad
  kind: page-probe
  http_status: 200
  note: 200 is the HackerOne SPA shell; the control https://hackerone.com/not-a-real-program-zzz9981 returned 404,
    but /upgrad/policy_scopes returned 404 and the GraphQL team lookup is NOT_FOUND - not a published program
- source: https://www.upgrad.com/.well-known/security.txt
  kind: security.txt
  http_status: 403
  note: 403 AccessDenied from an S3 origin - no RFC 9116 document served
remedy: Publish /.well-known/security.txt (RFC 9116) with a Contact and Policy URI, and a public responsible-disclosure
  page, so a researcher who finds something can route it without an invite.