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Organization permission·organization_secrets:write
Secrets: Write
Tier 1 · High
Why Tier 1
Creates and overwrites organization Actions secrets and changes which repositories can use them. Swapping a deploy credential redirects every pipeline that reads it.
Data plane permissions start at Tier 2. This one is raised for the reason above.
- Target
- Organization
- Plane
- DataSecrets: Actions, environment, Dependabot, Codespaces and agent secrets, private registries and OIDC.
- Granted by
- Fine-grained PAT, GitHub App
- Available on
- Every setup
What it unlocks
5 REST endpoints need this permission. A few of them:
- PUT /orgs/{org}/actions/secrets/{secret_name}
- DELETE /orgs/{org}/actions/secrets/{secret_name}
- PUT /orgs/{org}/actions/secrets/{secret_name}/repositories
Roles that include it
- T0OwnerThe organization and every repository in it
- T1CI/CD adminThe organization's Actions setup
Classic scopes that reach it
Attack paths
No attack technique, escalation or incident on ghtier goes through this yet.