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Repository permission·administration:read

Administration: Read

Tier 3 · Low

Why Tier 3

Reads repository settings, protection rules, collaborators and Actions settings.

Management plane permissions start at Tier 1. This one is lowered for the reason above.

Target
Repository
Plane
ManagementRepository settings: Repository administration: protection, collaborators, deploy keys, visibility.
Granted by
Fine-grained PAT, GitHub App
Available on
Every setup

What it unlocks

43 REST endpoints need this permission. A few of them:

  • GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/cache/retention-limit
  • GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/permissions
  • GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/permissions/access
  • GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/permissions/artifact-and-log-retention

Roles that include it

Classic scopes that reach it

Attack paths

No attack technique, escalation or incident on ghtier goes through this yet.

Other levels

GitHub Docs: Repository permissions for "Administration"