How to find, verify, and report open source vulnerabilities using GitHub tools

This blog post is an in-depth walkthrough on how we perform security research leveraging GitHub features, including code scanning, CodeQL, and Codespaces.

By Sonic Mustang · March 16, 2026 · 1 min read

How to find, verify, and report open source vulnerabilities using GitHub tools

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Source: The GitHub Blog

This blog post is an in-depth walkthrough on how we perform security research leveraging GitHub features, including code scanning, CodeQL, and Codespaces.