GitHub Adds 3-Day Dependabot Cooldown to Limit Poisoned Package Adoption
New delay mechanism helps developers avoid malicious packages by waiting for community vetting.
GitHub has announced a new cooldown mechanism in Dependabot, allowing the tool to wait at least three days after a release is published before opening a pull request. "The cooldown configuration option in the dependabot.yml still controls the behavior, though, so you can choose a...
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This security feature effectively mitigates the risk of 'day-zero' supply chain attacks by preventing the automatic adoption of malicious packages. By providing a necessary buffer, GitHub forces attackers to wait longer, increasing the probability that malicious releases are flagged before reaching production environments.
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