VNX-GH-220: Public repository has no private vulnerability reporting
Researchers have no private channel to report a vulnerability.
Without private vulnerability reporting, a researcher’s only route is often a public issue, which discloses the flaw before a fix exists.
| Severity | Low |
| Confidence | high |
| CWE | CWE-1059 |
| Command | vulnetix gha settings, vulnetix gha audit |
| Needs | repo, security and analysis. Without them the rule is reported as not evaluated, never as passed. |
Remediation
Enable private vulnerability reporting in the repository’s security settings.
Run only this rule
vulnetix gha settings --rule VNX-GH-220Scoring
CWSS vector at the rule’s default severity: CWSS:1.0/TI:L/AP:A/AL:A/IC:N/FC:LT/RP:N/RL:A/AV:I/AS:N/IN:A/SC:A/BI:M/DI:L/EX:L/EC:N/P:W. A finding whose severity the repository’s settings moved is scored at its adjusted severity.
All rules: GitHub rules.