Ben Zimmermann

Security Researcher

Hey, I'm Ben. I'm a security researcher from California. I've been awarded over $20,000 in bug bounties for securing critical infrastructure and the open web.

Security Research

I specialize in identifying critical failures in large-scale systems. Here are some of my most significant disclosures.

Dec 2025

TechCrunchHome Depot Exposure

Featured

Featured in TechCrunch. A leaked GitHub token granted access to hundreds of private repositories, cloud infrastructure, and order fulfillment systems.

Nov 2025

GitHubCritical Infrastructure Access

$20,000

Discovered a leaked OAuth token granting write access to 'github/github' and 74,000+ private repositories.

Nov 2025

TripAdvisorSensitive Data Exposure

$1,500

Identified a publicly exposed employee token with 'repo' and 'workflow' scopes, allowing access to source code and build pipelines.

Oct 2025

Vue.jsAdmin API Key Exposure

Hall of Fame

Acknowledged in the Vue.js Security Hall of Fame. Found a leaked Algolia Admin API key with write access to the official documentation search index.

Tech Stack

The languages and tools I use to uncover vulnerabilities.

Automation & Scripting

Building custom scanners and automation tooling

Security Operations

Network analysis, interception, and reverse engineering

Platforms

Where I deploy code and engage with the community

Projects

Open source tools and scanners I've built to automate the hunt.

EasyApex

Open Source

Automated Chrome extension for solving Apex Learning quizzes using Vision AI. Handles text, images, and drag-and-drop questions with human-like delays.

#TypeScript#React#Vision AI

CodePen Scraper

Private

High-performance GraphQL harvester that enumerated 600k+ users and 8M+ pens for secret scanning. Features concurrent workers, proxy rotation, and SQLite state tracking.

#Python#GraphQL#SQLite