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GH-100 · Question #11
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Enable secure software development and ensure compliance
Question
You discover that a secret (e.g., a token or password) was accidentally committed to a GitHub repository. What is the first step you should take to mitigate the risk?
Options
- AContact GitHub Support to remove the secret from all forks and clones of the repository.
- BRevoke and/or rotate the secret to render it unusable, then assess whether history rewriting is
- CRewrite the repository history using git filter-repo or BFG Repo-Cleaner to remove the secret from
- DDelete the repository and create a new one to ensure the secret is no longer accessible.
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Topics
#Secret management#Incident response#Repository security#Data leak mitigation