GitHub Security Lab

Our Mission

Enhance security by fostering global collaboration.

Contributions from maintainers, developers, and security researchers around the world push us forward, making the open source software a better place.

Security Research

We do the hard work, you can use it.

Dive into security research on open-source projects to explore new and emerging threats, and learn how to mitigate them so that you can make your own software more secure.

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1066

vulnerabilities found

by Security Lab researchers

749 CVEs credited

Latest vulnerabilities disclosed

Code execution in trusted context via a GitHub Action of Tribler

GHSL-2024-303 • published 2025/01/08 00:00:00 ago • Man Yue Mo
Open redirect in Sickchill - CVE-2024-53995

GHSL-2024-288 • CVE-2024-53995 • published 2024/12/26 00:00:00 ago • Sylwia Budzynska
Environment Variable injection in a Feign GitHub Actions workflow

GHSL-2024-173 • published 2024/12/26 00:00:00 ago • team
DNS rebinding attacks against Home-gallery - CVE-2024-53275, CVE-2024-53276

GHSL-2024-091_GHSL-2024-092 • CVE-2024-53275 • CVE-2024-53276 • published 2024/12/19 00:00:00 ago • Kevin Stubbings
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Remote Code Execution (RCE) via Velocity Template Evaluation in Sonatype Nexus 2

GHSL-2024-075_GHSL-2024-076 • published 2024/12/19 00:00:00 ago • Michael Stepankin

CodeQL Wall of Fame

Join us in our mission to improve open source security for all

Have you used CodeQL’s variant analysis to find vulnerabilities on open source projects? Give your work the visibility it deserves by submitting your finding for the CodeQL Wall of Fame.

20,000+

security advisories

curated by Security Lab researchers

6,000+ CVEs assigned for OS maintainers

GitHub Advisory Database

While CVEs identify vulnerabilities, they don’t tell the whole story. Entries in the GitHub Advisory database expand beyond identification to include additional context and details to support automated security tooling – sourced from a global community of security experts and curated by the Security Lab – to help you understand vulnerabilities, assess risk, and fix with confidence and efficiency.

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Resources

Contributions from maintainers, developers, and security researchers around the world push us forward, making the open source software a better place.

Open Source Community

Learn about secure coding practices, get hands-on with AppSec training, and connect with experts during our office hours – free for open source developers, maintainers, and security researchers.

GitHub Security Lab for the Enterprise

At the GitHub Security Lab, our security experts, through community collaboration, strengthen open source security which is crucial for enterprises. We channel the community’s contributions into proven CodeQL queries and timely security advisories, and offer enterprises actionable insights that help secure your supply chain and accelerate the software development lifecycle.

Team

About the GitHub Security Lab.

At the GitHub Security Lab, we cultivate a collaborative community of developers and security experts who work together to bolster the security of open source software.

Meet the team