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Microsoft Zero Day Quest

OVERVIEW

As announced in the MSRC blog, Microsoft Zero Day Quest invites security researchers to discover and report high-impact vulnerabilities in Microsoft AzureMicrosoft Copilot, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power PlatformMicrosoft Identity, and M365 Bounty Programs. Zero Day Quest provides new opportunities for the security community to work hand in hand with Microsoft engineers and security researchers to share, learn, and build community as we work to keep everyone safe.

This challenge has two distinct opportunities:

Zero Day Quest will be subject to the terms of our bounty program, as outlined in the Microsoft Bounty Terms and Conditions and our bounty Safe Harbor policy, the applicable bounty program, and additional terms and conditions for the Research Challenge and Live Hacking Event

 

HOW TO SUBMIT

Visit the MSRC Researcher Portal and follow the instructions to submit your reports.

Microsoft is not responsible for excess, lost, late, or incomplete submissions. If disputed, submissions will be deemed submitted by the “authorized account holder” of the email address used to enter. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned to an email address by an internet or online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses.

 

RESEARCH RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

To maintain the security and integrity of our services, all participants in Microsoft's bounty programs must strictly adhere to the Microsoft Security Testing Rules of Engagement (ROE). These guidelines are crafted to enable security researchers to assess the security of Microsoft Online Assets effectively while ensuring that other customers and infrastructure remain unaffected. For comprehensive details about these rules, please consult the Microsoft ROE website.

If you accidentally access unauthorized data, stop immediately. Notify MSRC with the details, delete the data, and acknowledge this in any bug bounty report. Do not share the accessed information.

 

RESOURCES FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

To help you with your Zero Day Quest submissions, check out sessions from the AI Red Team, Microsoft Security Response Center, and Dynamics teams:

 

PAST EVENTS

REVISION HISTORY

  • March 3, 2025: The Zero Day Quest Live Hacking Event launched. 
  • March 20, 2025: Added Flash Challenges for SharePoint Online and Exchange Online.
  • March 26, 2025: Added Flash Challenge for Copilot.
  • August 4, 2025: Published updates to the Zero Day Quest, Research Challenge, and Live Hacking Event pages.