Vulnerabilities

GitHub Adds 3-Day Dependabot Cooldown to Mitigate Poisoned

July 27, 2026 1 min read 5 views
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GitHub introduced a default three-day waiting period for Dependabot pull requests to help developers avoid malicious or "poisoned" software packages released shortly before updates.

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