VNX-GH-220 – Public repository has no private vulnerability reporting

Overview

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

Needs: repo, security and analysis. Without them the rule is reported as not evaluated.

Remediation

Enable private vulnerability reporting in the repository’s security settings.

Scoring

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.