Code scanning adds a mitigated alert dismissal reason
Summary
You can now dismiss a code scanning alert with the reason Mitigated when a vulnerability remains in the code but external controls, such as a web application firewall or network… The post Code scanning adds a mitigated alert dismissal reason appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> You can now dismiss a code scanning alert with the reason Mitigated when a vulnerability remains in the code but external controls, such as a web application firewall or network policy, mitigate its risk.
The new dismissal reason helps you distinguish mitigated vulnerabilities from alerts marked Won’t fix, align dismissals with formal exception and risk-acceptance processes, and reduce the need to track these decisions outside GitHub.
For more information, see resolving code scanning alerts.
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