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GitHub Code Execution Bug Fetches $18,000 Bounty

GitHub awarded $18,000 to a researcher after he came across a remote code execution bug in the company’s enterprise management console. GitHub recently awarded $18,000 to a researcher after he came ...
SecurityWeek

VS Code Configs Expose GitHub Codespaces to Attacks

Attackers can abuse VS Code configuration files for RCE when a GitHub Codespaces user opens a repository or pull request.
Bleeping Computer

GitHub finds 7 code execution vulnerabilities in 'tar' and npm CLI

GitHub security team has identified several high-severity vulnerabilities in npm packages, "tar" and "@npmcli/arborist," used by npm CLI. The tar package receives 20 million weekly downloads on ...
ZDNet

GitHub awards researcher $18,000 for remote code execution flaw discovery

GitHub has awarded a researcher $18,000 for disclosing a security flaw in GitHub Enterprise which could have lead to remote code execution. According to independent German researcher Markus Fenske, ...
Infosecurity Magazine

Malicious Commands in GitHub Codespaces Enable RCE

A set of attack vectors in GitHub Codespaces have been uncovered that enable remote code execution (RCE) by opening a ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub code scanning now finds more security vulnerabilities

Code hosting platform GitHub today launched new machine learning-based code scanning analysis features that will automatically discover more common security vulnerabilities before they end up in ...