27/08/2026
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A vulnerability's price is not determined by severity alone. The same flaw can command very different prices across markets, with each buyer valuing it for an entirely different reason.
For security teams, that difference has real consequences. If the legitimate route offers a much smaller incentive than the alternatives, researchers have more reason to take their findings elsewhere. The goal is not necessarily to outbid every buyer, but to make responsible disclosure a compelling choice.
The economics behind vulnerability disclosure may be less about paying the most and more about making the right path worth choosing.
๐ Explore the numbers, markets, and incentives behind the vulnerability price gap: https://blog.secuna.io/the-economics-of-vulnerability-why-the-same-bug-can-be-worth-1-500-or-1-5-million/
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