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# Judging criteria

This page has moved: see [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md).

### Submission review process

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#submission-review-process)

### Duplicate submissions

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#duplicate-submissions)

### Similar exploits under a single issue

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#similar-exploits-under-a-single-issue)

### Penalty / award standardization: duplicate submission PoC thoroughness

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#standards-for-full-partial-credit-duplicates)

### Findings published in prior audit reports

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#findings-published-in-prior-audit-reports)

### Scope

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#scope)

### Scoring

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#quality)

### QA reports (Low risk and Governance/Centralization risk) <a href="#qa-reports-low-risk-and-governance-centralization-risk" id="qa-reports-low-risk-and-governance-centralization-risk"></a>

See [Judging criteria](/competitions/judging-criteria.md#qa-reports-low-risk-and-governance-centralization-risk)

### Acceptance of submissions based on automated findings

See [Submission guidelines](/competitions/submission-guidelines.md#automated-findings-considered-known-issues)


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