VNX-GH-205 – Force pushes or deletion allowed on the default branch

Overview

A force push rewrites history that downstream builds, tags and audits rely on, and can remove a reviewed change after the fact.

Severity: High | Confidence: high | CWE: CWE-284 | Command: vulnetix gha settings

Needs: repo, branches. Without them the rule is reported as not evaluated.

Remediation

Block force pushes and deletions on the default branch.

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:M/EC:N/P:W. A finding whose severity the repository’s settings moved is scored at its adjusted severity.