TMA-GITHUB-1.2.4
Ensure issue deletion is limited to specific users
Description
Ensure only trusted and responsible users can delete issues. Issues are a way to keep track of things happening in repositories, such as setting new milestones or requesting urgent fixes. Deleting an issue is not a benign activity, as it might harm the development workflow or ... Reported as a manual review item: no reliable read-only gh api check exists for this control.
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.
Verify that only a limited number of trusted users can delete issues by performing either of the following steps: If Your organizations > Settings > Access > Member privileges > Allow members to delete issues for this organization is selected, verify that every admin member is trusted by you: 1. In every repository, on GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository. 2. Under your repository name, click Settings and then in the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Collaborators & teams. 3.
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Restrict issue deletion to a few trusted and responsible users only by performing either of the following steps: If Your organizations > Settings > Access > Member privileges > Allow members to delete issues for this organization is selected, allow only trusted members to have admin privileges: 1. In every repository, on GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository. 2. Under your repository name, click Settings and then in the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Collaborators & teams. 3. Under "Manage access" use the dropdown Role menu to filter and search for admin members.
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- Tags
- githubsource-code
- Reference
- CIS GitHub Benchmark v1.2.0 - 1.2.4 Ensure issue deletion is limited to specific users