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Repository permission·repository_advisories:read
Repository security advisories: Read
Tier 3 · Low
Why Tier 3
Reads security advisories, including drafts about vulnerabilities that are not fixed yet.
Data plane permissions start at Tier 2. This one is lowered for the reason above.
- Target
- Repository
- Plane
- DataCode security: Code scanning, Dependabot and secret scanning alerts, advisories, dismissals and bypasses.
- Granted by
- Fine-grained PAT, GitHub App
- Available on
- Free, Team, Enterprise Cloud, EMU
What it unlocks
3 REST endpoints need this permission. A few of them:
- GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/security-advisories
- GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/security-advisories/{ghsa_id}
Roles that include it
No built-in role includes it. Only tokens, Apps or custom roles can grant it.
Classic scopes that reach it
- T0repodocumented
Attack paths
No attack technique, escalation or incident on ghtier goes through this yet.
Other levels
GitHub Docs: Repository permissions for "Repository security advisories"