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Secure your software supply chain

Avoid adding new vulnerabilities with dependency review. Your software is more than the code you have written. With up to 94% of active repositories relying on open source*, you rely on many components you didn’t produce, but which you still need to secure.

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Know what’s in your environment

Identify your dependencies, dependents, and their properties to understand your software supply chain.

Discover your dependencies using GitHub’s dependency graph, including transitive dependencies.

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How GitHub’s dependency graph is generated

Manage your dependencies

Get notified when there are new vulnerabilities affecting your dependencies, and keep your dependencies up-to-date and optimized with Dependabot.

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Managing vulnerabilities in your project’s dependencies

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About alerts for vulnerable dependencies

Understand the risks from your dependencies, including inherited vulnerabilities and licensing restrictions, and easily see what dependencies have changed in a pull request using dependency review.

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Reviewing dependency changes in a pull request

Update dependencies for the latest functionality and security patches with automated pull requests from Dependabot.

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About Dependabot security updates

Keep your dependencies up to date even when there isn’t a new vulnerability, so that you can quickly respond when it’s critical.

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About Dependabot version updates

Fix and publish vulnerability information

Review, fix and publish issues securely. Contribute and refer to a curated, open-source database of vulnerabilities.

GitHub Advisory Database

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Browsing security vulnerabilities in the GitHub Advisory Database

Develop a private fix and publish an advisory about a vulnerability in your project, and share your reporting and disclosure policy with the world.

Get involved through GitHub Security Lab

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Publishing a security advisory

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Secure software from the start

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