Security Advisory

This event occurs when there is activity relating to a global security advisory that was reviewed by GitHub. A GitHub-reviewed global security advisory provides information about security vulnerabilities or malware that have been mapped to packages in ecosystems we support. For more information about global security advisories, see "About global security advisories." For information about the API to manage security advisories, see the REST API documentation or the GraphQL documentation.

Actions

ActionSent when
publishedA security advisory was published to the GitHub community.
updatedThe metadata or description of a security advisory was changed.
withdrawnA previously published security advisory was withdrawn.

Payload

Fields of the delivery for the first action above. Every action shares the event's core fields.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
actionstringYes
enterpriseobjectNoAn enterprise on GitHub. Webhook payloads contain the enterprise property when the webhook is configured
installationobjectNoThe GitHub App installation. Webhook payloads contain the installation property when the event is configured
organizationobjectNoA GitHub organization. Webhook payloads contain the organization property when the webhook is configured for an
repositoryobjectNoThe repository on GitHub where the event occurred. Webhook payloads contain the repository property
security_advisoryobjectYesThe details of the security advisory, including summary, description, and severity.
senderobjectNoA GitHub user.