INDEPENDENT SECURITY RESEARCHER
ETHICAL DISCLOSURE

Breaking Assumptions. Securing Systems.

Bug bounty hunter specializing in Web Application Security and API Security. Exploring attack surfaces, uncovering deep logic weaknesses, and translating technical discoveries into clear remediation guidance.

Core Specialization

Research Focus Domains

Web Application Security

Investigating complex state machines, authentication and session integrity, input validation boundaries, Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), and business logic flaws across modern browser-facing architectures.

Authentication Bypasses
Session Synchronization
Second-Order SSRF
Business Logic Desync
Race Conditions
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API Security & Microservices

Specialized auditing of REST, GraphQL, and microservice meshes. Deep focus on Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA), mass assignment, gateway token propagation, and endpoint exposure.

BOLA / IDOR Detection
GraphQL Federation
JWT Algorithm Traps
Mass Assignment
Rate Limit Circumvention
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Verified Disclosures

Selected Research Findings

All Findings
API
Critical
Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) in Multi-Tenant GraphQL Gateway

A sub-graph resolver failed to enforce contextual tenant ownership validations when resolving nested entity relationships across federated GraphQL gateways.

Tech: GraphQL / Apollo Federation / Node.js MicroservicesRead Technical Writeup
Web
High
Second-Order Blind SSRF via Asynchronous Webhook Validation Pipeline

Webhook endpoint URLs were parsed and checked during registration, but resolved asynchronously in background workers without re-validating DNS resolutions against internal cloud metadata endpoints.

Tech: Go / Redis Task Queue / Internal Cloud VPCRead Technical Writeup
API
High
Mass Assignment Flaw in Enterprise Role Provisioning Endpoint

An internal user profile update PATCH endpoint deserialized unmapped JSON request properties directly into domain model entities without an explicit DTO filter.

Tech: Spring Boot / Java / PostgreSQL
Rigorous Process

Security Research Methodology

01
Scope & Recon

Map authorized domains, endpoints, and architectural roles.

02
Surface Modeling

Identify trust boundaries and state transitions.

03
Hypothesis Design

Construct targeted test cases around edge conditions.

04
Controlled Validation

Verify behavior non-destructively within defined limits.

05
Impact Assessment

Quantify actual confidentiality and integrity exposure.

06
Evidence Collection

Capture deterministic reproduction steps and raw HTTP traces.

07
Coordinated Disclosure

Submit structured findings directly to security teams.

08
Remediation Review

Assist in evaluating permanent architectural patches.

COLLABORATIVE SECURITY TESTING

Think You've Found a Challenge?

Have an authorized Web or API environment with an elusive security anomaly? Submit the scope to challenge my research workflow. Every submission receives a private tracking token.

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SYNTHETIC TRAINING LAB

Test Your Security Instincts

Practice identifying realistic Web and API vulnerabilities in safe synthetic environments. Analyze raw HTTP request and response pairs, reason through access flaws, and submit validated flags.

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