Report a Security Vulnerability
- Overview
- Acknowledgement
At Proofpoint our top priority is protecting the way people work today. We value the security research community and encourage responsible reporting of potential security vulnerabilities. Our security team is dedicated to working with you to validate and respond to legitimate reports. If you believe you've identified a potential security vulnerability, please email your discovery to 
We encourage people who contact Proofpoint Security to use email encryption, using our PGP encryption key:
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We ask that you do not share or publicize an unresolved vulnerability. If you responsibly submit a vulnerability report, the Proofpoint security team will use reasonable efforts to:
- Validate the reported vulnerability. If additional information is required in order to validate or reproduce the issue, Proofpoint will work with you to obtain it
- Keep you informed of our progress as we investigate your reported security concern
- Notify you when the vulnerability has been fixed
- Publicly acknowledge your responsible disclosure (unless you prefer anonymity)
Hall of Fame
Proofpoint appreciates every security researcher who submits a vulnerability report which helps us improve our security and that of our customers. We maintain a Hall of Fame to recognize contributors for working with our Security team to resolve these vulnerabilities. If you have reported a vulnerability in the past but do not see your name listed below, please reach out to us at
The individuals and organizations listed in our Hall of Fame have given us permission to publicly acknowledge their efforts.
2019
Pethuraj M
www.pethuraj.in
Ryan Silver
Manager, Information Security
RoundTower Technologies
Hamed Izadi
LinkedIn: hamedizadi
Pradipta Das
LinkedIn: pradiptad4s
lalka
Twitter: 0x01alka
Johnny Yu
Twitter: straight_blast
Vismit Sudhir Rakhecha (Druk)
LinkedIn: vismit-sudhir-rakhecha-76209523
2018
Raul Jimenez, Cory Thompson, Peter Yu
Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute
Ismail Tasdelen
LinkedIn: ismailtasdelen
Vineet Kumar
2017
David Krause
HCA Healthcare
Pal Patel
Facebook: sam.patel.9822
Hanson Nottingham
Cyber Security | Red Team
Blue Shield of California
Guifre Ruiz
Twitter: guifreruiz
Edward Farrell
Mercury Information Security Services
2016
Eusebiu Blindu
Twitter: testalways
Thomas SABONO
Borja Berastegui
2015
Ketankumar B. Godhani
LinkedIn: ketankumargodhani
Henri Salo