Viewing and updating Dependabot alerts

Your repository's Dependabot alerts tab lists all open and closed Dependabot alerts and corresponding Dependabot security updates. You can filter alerts by package, ecosystem, or manifest. You can sort the list of alerts, and you can click into specific alerts for more details. You can also dismiss or reopen alerts. For more information, see "About Dependabot alerts."

You can enable automatic security updates for any repository that uses Dependabot alerts and the dependency graph. For more information, see "About Dependabot security updates."

About updates for vulnerable dependencies in your repository

GitHub Enterprise Server generates Dependabot alerts when we detect that your codebase is using dependencies with known security risks. For repositories where Dependabot security updates are enabled, when GitHub Enterprise Server detects a vulnerable dependency in the default branch, Dependabot creates a pull request to fix it. The pull request will upgrade the dependency to the minimum possible secure version needed to avoid the vulnerability.

Each Dependabot alert has a unique numeric identifier and the Dependabot alerts tab lists an alert for every detected vulnerability. Legacy Dependabot alerts grouped vulnerabilities by dependency and generated a single alert per dependency. If you navigate to a legacy Dependabot alert, you will be redirected to a Dependabot alerts tab filtered for that package.

You can filter and sort Dependabot alerts using a variety of filters and sort options available on the user interface. For more information, see "Prioritizing Dependabot alerts" below.

Prioritizing Dependabot alerts

GitHub helps you prioritize fixing Dependabot alerts.

You can sort and filter Dependabot alerts by typing filters as key:value pairs into the search bar.

Option	Description	Example
ecosystem	Displays alerts for the selected ecosystem	Use ecosystem:npm to show Dependabot alerts for npm
is	Displays alerts based on their state	Use is:open to show open alerts
manifest	Displays alerts for the selected manifest	Use manifest:webwolf/pom.xml to show alerts on the pom.xml file of the webwolf application
package	Displays alerts for the selected package	Use package:django to show alerts for django
resolution	Displays alerts of the selected resolution status	Use resolution:no-bandwidth to show alerts previously parked due to lack of resources or time to fix them
repo	Displays alerts based on the repository they relate to Note that this filter is only available on the security overview. For more information, see "About the security overview"	Use repo:octocat-repo to show alerts in the repository called octocat-repo
severity	Displays alerts based on their level of severity	Use severity:high to show alerts with a severity of High

In addition to the filters available via the search bar, you can sort and filter Dependabot alerts using the dropdown menus at the top of the alert list. The search bar also allows for full text searching of alerts and related security advisories. You can search for part of a security advisory name or description to return the alerts in your repository that relate to that security advisory. For example, searching for yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code will return Dependabot alerts linked to "PyYAML insecurely deserializes YAML strings leading to arbitrary code execution" as the search string appears in the advisory description.

You can select a filter in a dropdown menu at the top of the list, then click the filter that you would like to apply.

Viewing Dependabot alerts

1. On your GitHub Enterprise Server instance, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. En el nombre del repositorio, haz clic en Seguridad.
3. En la barra lateral de seguridad, haga clic en Dependabot alerts . Si falta esta opción, significa que no tiene acceso a las alertas de seguridad y se le debe proporcionar. Para más información, vea "Administración de la configuración de seguridad y análisis del repositorio".
4. Optionally, to filter alerts, select a filter in a dropdown menu then click the filter that you would like to apply. You can also type filters into the search bar. For more information about filtering and sorting alerts, see "Prioritizing Dependabot alerts."
5. Click the alert that you would like to view.

Reviewing and fixing alerts

It’s important to ensure that all of your dependencies are clean of any security weaknesses. When Dependabot discovers vulnerabilities in your dependencies, you should assess your project’s level of exposure and determine what remediation steps to take to secure your application.

If a patched version of the dependency is available, you can generate a Dependabot pull request to update this dependency directly from a Dependabot alert. If you have Dependabot security updates enabled, the pull request may be linked will in the Dependabot alert.

In cases where a patched version is not available, or you can’t update to the secure version, Dependabot shares additional information to help you determine next steps. When you click through to view a Dependabot alert, you can see the full details of the security advisory for the dependency including the affected functions. You can then check whether your code calls the impacted functions. This information can help you further assess your risk level, and determine workarounds or if you’re able to accept the risk represented by the security advisory.

Fixing vulnerable dependencies

1. View the details for an alert. For more information, see "Viewing Dependabot alerts" (above).

2. If you have Dependabot security updates enabled, there may be a link to a pull request that will fix the dependency. Alternatively, you can click Create Dependabot security update at the top of the alert details page to create a pull request.

3. Optionally, if you do not use Dependabot security updates, you can use the information on the page to decide which version of the dependency to upgrade to and create a pull request to update the dependency to a secure version.

4. When you're ready to update your dependency and resolve the vulnerability, merge the pull request.

   Each pull request raised by Dependabot includes information on commands you can use to control Dependabot. For more information, see "Managing pull requests for dependency updates."

Dismissing Dependabot alerts

If you schedule extensive work to upgrade a dependency, or decide that an alert does not need to be fixed, you can dismiss the alert. Dismissing alerts that you have already assessed makes it easier to triage new alerts as they appear.

1. View the details for an alert. For more information, see "Viewing vulnerable dependencies" (above).

2. Select the "Dismiss" dropdown, and click a reason for dismissing the alert. Unfixed dismissed alerts can be reopened later.

   

Viewing and updating closed alerts

You can view all open alerts, and you can reopen alerts that have been previously dismissed. Closed alerts that have already been fixed cannot be reopened.

1. On your GitHub Enterprise Server instance, navigate to the main page of the repository.

2. En el nombre del repositorio, haz clic en Seguridad.

3. En la barra lateral de seguridad, haga clic en Dependabot alerts . Si falta esta opción, significa que no tiene acceso a las alertas de seguridad y se le debe proporcionar. Para más información, vea "Administración de la configuración de seguridad y análisis del repositorio".

4. To just view closed alerts, click Closed.

5. Click the alert that you would like to view or update.

6. Optionally, if the alert was dismissed and you wish to reopen it, click Reopen. Alerts that have already been fixed cannot be reopened.

   Nota: Esta característica no estaba disponible en GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2 y 3.5.3. La característica está disponible a partir de la versión 3.5.4. Para obtener más información sobre las actualizaciones, ponte en contacto con el administrador del sitio.

   Para obtener más información sobre cómo determinar la versión de GitHub Enterprise Server que usas, consulta "Acerca de las versiones de GitHub Docs".

   

Reviewing the audit logs for Dependabot alerts

When a member of your organization or enterprise performs an action related to Dependabot alerts, you can review the actions in the audit log. For more information about accessing the log, see "Reviewing the audit log for your organization" and "Accessing the audit log for your enterprise."

Events in your audit log for Dependabot alerts include details such as who performed the action, what the action was, and when the action was performed. For information on the Dependabot alerts actions, see the repository_vulnerability_alert category in "Reviewing the audit log for your organization" and "Audit log events for your enterprise."