UMDCTF 2026

UMDCTF 2026 is the tenth annual competition hosted by the cybersecurity club at the University of Maryland, College Park!

The CTF will run for a period of 48 hours and has two player divisions: open and academic. Challenges will feature all the categories you know and love: pwn, rev, web, crypto, and most importantly, misc.

Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/n65kg6KuYH

Of course, a huge thank you to our incredible sponsors: Trail of Bits, Zellic, Vector35, Hex-Rays, and Offensive Security <3

Infra sponsored by goo.gle/ctfsponsorship

Official URL: https://umdctf.io/

CTFtime URL: https://ctftime.org/event/3056/

Official prize text: Open division:

1st place: $100 + 1 Ida Pro Expert-4 License + Hex-Rays swag + 1 Binary Ninja Personal license + 1 year OffSec Proving Grounds Access

2nd place: $90 + 1 Ida Pro Expert-4 License + 1 Binary Ninja Personal license

3rd place: $75 + 1 Ida Pro Expert-4 License + 1 Binary Ninja Personal license

4th place: $50

5th place: $25

Student division:

1st place: $80 + 1 Ida Pro Expert-4 License + 1 Binary Ninja Personal license + 1 year OffSec Proving Grounds Access

2nd place: $65 + 1 Ida Pro Expert-4 License + 1 Binary Ninja Personal license

3rd place: $50

4th place: $40

5th place: $25

Other:

$2400 split among the best writeups

Best Binary Ninja Writeup: 1 Binary Ninja Personal License