Adding a collaborator to a repository security advisory

Add other users or teams to collaborate on a security advisory with you.

Who can use this feature?

Repository owners, organization owners, security managers, and users with the admin role

This article applies to repository-level security advisories in a public repository. To edit a global advisory in the GitHub Advisory Database, see Editing security advisories in the GitHub Advisory Database.

Collaborators have write permissions to the security advisory. For more information, see Repository security advisories.

Note

If you remove a user from a repository or organization, and the user is also a collaborator on a security advisory, GitHub will automatically remove the user as a collaborator for the security advisory. This prevents any unauthorized access from ex-collaborators. For more information about removing a collaborator on a security advisory, see Removing a collaborator from a repository security advisory.

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
  2. Under the repository name, click Security. If you cannot see the "Security" tab, select the dropdown menu, and then click Security.
    Screenshot of a repository header showing the tabs. The "Security" tab is highlighted by a dark orange outline.
  3. In the left sidebar, under "Reporting", click Advisories.
  4. In the "Security Advisories" list, click the security advisory you'd like to add a collaborator to.
  5. On the right side of the page, under "Collaborators", type the name of the user or team you'd like to add to the security advisory.
  6. Click to add the selected user or team as a collaborator.
    Screenshot of the "Collaborators" area in the sidebar of a draft security advisory. The "Add collaborator" button, a plus icon, is outlined in orange.

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