By default, which roles can enable Dependabot alerts?

The correct answer is D. repository administrators. By default, only repository administrators can enable Dependabot alerts for a repository. This is because enabling Dependabot alerts changes the security posture of the repository and grants access to vulnerability information, which GitHub gates behind the Admin permission…

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Arepository maintainers
Bsecurity analysts
Coutside collaborators
Drepository administrators

How the community answered

(25 responses)

B
4% (1)
C
8% (2)
D
88% (22)

Explanation

By default, only repository administrators can enable Dependabot alerts for a repository. This is because enabling Dependabot alerts changes the security posture of the repository and grants access to vulnerability information, which GitHub gates behind the Admin permission level. Maintainers (A) have broad write-level access but not the ability to change security and analysis settings by default. Security analysts (B) is not a standard built-in GitHub repository role. Outside collaborators (C) are limited to repository-level access and cannot modify repository security settings. Organization owners can also enable Dependabot alerts at the organization level.

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