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User permission·blocking:write
Block another user: Write
Tier 3 · Low
Why Tier 3
Blocks and unblocks users.
Data plane permissions start at Tier 2. This one is lowered for the reason above.
- Target
- User
- Plane
- DataAccount: A user's own profile, follows, stars, gists and blocks.
- Granted by
- Fine-grained PAT, GitHub App
- Available on
- Free, Team, Enterprise Cloud, EMU
What it unlocks
2 REST endpoints need this permission. A few of them:
- PUT /user/blocks/{username}
- DELETE /user/blocks/{username}
Roles that include it
No built-in role includes it. Only tokens, Apps or custom roles can grant it.
Classic scopes that reach it
No classic scope reaches it. Only fine-grained PATs, Apps or GITHUB_TOKEN can grant it.
Attack paths
No attack technique, escalation or incident on ghtier goes through this yet.