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VNX-GH-301: Organisation does not require two-factor authentication

Members and outside collaborators can sign in with a password alone.

Updated 02 Nov 2026Checked against cli@24498404a, vdb-sca-match@v0.8.14

Every member account is a path to every repository it can write to. Phished or reused passwords are the most common way into an organisation.

Severity High
Confidence high
CWE CWE-308
Command vulnetix gha org, vulnetix gha audit
Needs org. Without them the rule is reported as not evaluated, never as passed.

Remediation

Require two-factor authentication for the organisation.

Run only this rule

vulnetix gha org --rule VNX-GH-301

Scoring

CWSS vector at the rule’s default severity: CWSS:1.0/TI:H/AP:A/AL:A/IC:N/FC:LT/RP:N/RL:A/AV:I/AS:N/IN:A/SC:A/BI:H/DI:H/EX:H/EC:N/P:W. A finding whose severity the repository’s settings moved is scored at its adjusted severity.

All rules: GitHub rules.

Edit this pageSources: vdb-sca-match/ghaudit/rules_org.go, cli/internal/ghtasks/docs.go
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