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Repository permission·vulnerability_alerts:read

Dependabot alerts: Read

Tier 3 · Low

Why Tier 3

Reads Dependabot alerts.

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
Every setup

What it unlocks

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

  • GET /orgs/{org}/dependabot/alerts
  • GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/alerts
  • GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/alerts/{alert_number}
  • GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dismissal-requests/dependabot

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 "Dependabot alerts"