REST API endpoints for security managers

About security managers

The security manager role is an organization-level role that organization owners can assign to any member or team in the organization. When applied, it gives permission to view security alerts and manage settings for code security across your organization, as well as read permission for all repositories in the organization.

List security manager teams

Warning

Closing down notice: This operation is closing down and will be removed starting January 1, 2026. Please use the "Organization Roles" endpoints instead.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List security manager teams"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Administration" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "List security manager teams"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes for "List security manager teams"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List security manager teams"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/security-managers

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/security-managers

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
    "name": "Justice League",
    "slug": "justice-league",
    "description": "A great team.",
    "privacy": "closed",
    "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled",
    "permission": "admin",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
    "parent": null
  }
]

Add a security manager team

Warning

Closing down notice: This operation is closing down and will be removed starting January 1, 2026. Please use the "Organization Roles" endpoints instead.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Add a security manager team"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Administration" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Add a security manager team"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.

HTTP response status codes for "Add a security manager team"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content

Code samples for "Add a security manager team"

Request example

put/orgs/{org}/security-managers/teams/{team_slug}

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/security-managers/teams/TEAM_SLUG

Response

Status: 204

Remove a security manager team

Warning

Closing down notice: This operation is closing down and will be removed starting January 1, 2026. Please use the "Organization Roles" endpoints instead.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Remove a security manager team"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Administration" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Remove a security manager team"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.

HTTP response status codes for "Remove a security manager team"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content

Code samples for "Remove a security manager team"

Request example

delete/orgs/{org}/security-managers/teams/{team_slug}

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/security-managers/teams/TEAM_SLUG

Response

Status: 204