Privilege escalation with polkit: How to get root on Linux with a seven-year-old bug
polkit is a system service installed by default on many Linux distributions. It’s used by systemd, so any Linux distribution that uses systemd also uses polkit.
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polkit is a system service installed by default on many Linux distributions. It’s used by systemd, so any Linux distribution that uses systemd also uses polkit.
Dependabot updated `pip`, `pip-tools`, and `pipenv` support
RubyGems, Adobe and OpenAI are now GitHub secret scanning integrators
GitHub secret scanning has been securing our users’ code by scanning for and revoking secrets since 2015. Recently, we’ve focused on scanning for package registry credentials as well—a significant and…
Secret scanning now supports user defined patterns on private repositories
One month ago, we started a discussion with the community about proposed revisions to clarify GitHub’s policies on security research, malware, and exploits with the goal to enable, welcome, and…
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is now generally available for all customers. It helps customers work with large, busy repositories, while enabling developers to develop and deploy with less effort than…
Control which code scanning alerts cause a pull request check to fail
Dependabot version updates can now ignore major/minor/patch releases
GitHub Advisory Database now includes Go advisories
GitHub Enterprise Cloud self-service compliance reports have moved
We've seen some amazing community projects this last month. These are exciting new releases from some of the coolest projects around. There’s everything from world-changing tech to weekend hobbies. There…
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is available as a release candidate
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is now available to download as a release candidate. This release follows the most popular GitHub Enterprise Server release in years. GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0 brought…
Elm 0.18 deprecation in Dependabot Version Updates
Dependabot Preview has helped more than 30,000 organizations keep their packages updated with more than seven million pull requests merged since it launched. As a result of that success, the…
April 30, 2021 update: Thank you to everyone who's weighed in on the discussion so far. I've commented in the pull request to clarify a few points based on initial…
At GitHub, we believe in the extraordinary potential and power of a diverse, collaborative developer community to accelerate human progress. Just look at the first-ever powered flight on another planet…