{"id":99231,"date":"2026-10-01T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:10:18","slug":"rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports","status":"publish","type":[3522],"link":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports","title":{"rendered":"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Open source maintainers are receiving more low-quality and automated vulnerability reports, which can bury the reports that matter. Rate limits cap how many new reports a single account can submit in a day, both to your repository and across GitHub. This helps protect you from bulk and automated submissions, while legitimate researchers can still reach you.<\/p>\n<p>With this update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Private vulnerability reporting now applies daily per-user rate limits to new reports. <\/li>\n<li>Reporters who reach a limit see a message asking them to try again later.<\/li>\n<li>Limits apply only to new reports. Comments on existing advisories aren&rsquo;t affected.<\/li>\n<li>Repository administrators can set a custom daily overall reporting limit for their repository.<\/li>\n<li>Repository administrators can add trusted reporters to an allow list so they&rsquo;re never rate limited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To configure these settings, go to your repository&rsquo;s settings, select <strong>Advanced Security<\/strong>, and click <strong>Settings<\/strong> next to &ldquo;Private vulnerability reporting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is available for public repositories with private vulnerability reporting enabled on GitHub Free, GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, and GitHub Enterprise Cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/code-security\/how-tos\/report-and-fix-vulnerabilities\/configure-vulnerability-reporting\/configure-for-a-repository\">our docs about configuring private vulnerability reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open source maintainers are receiving more low-quality and automated vulnerability reports, which can bury the reports that matter. Rate limits cap how many new reports a single account can submit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2106,"featured_media":99232,"template":"","meta":{"_gh_post_show_toc":"","_gh_post_is_no_robots":"","_gh_post_is_featured":"","_gh_post_is_excluded":"","_gh_post_is_unlisted":"","_gh_post_related_link_1":"","_gh_post_related_link_2":"","_gh_post_related_link_3":"","_gh_post_sq_img":"","_gh_post_sq_img_id":"","_gh_post_cta_title":"","_gh_post_cta_text":"","_gh_post_cta_link":"","_gh_post_cta_button":"","_gh_post_recirc_hide":"","_gh_post_recirc_col_1":"","_gh_post_recirc_col_2":"","_gh_post_recirc_col_3":"","_gh_post_recirc_col_4":"","_featured_video":"","_gh_post_additional_query_params":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","primary_cta":"","primary_cta_url":"","secondary_cta":"","secondary_cta_url":""},"label":[3630],"group":[3925],"coauthors":[3100],"class_list":["post-99231","changelog","type-changelog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","changelog-type-improvements","changelog-label-supply-chain-security","changelog-group-10-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rate limits for private vulnerability reports - GitHub Changelog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports \u00b7 GitHub Changelog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Open source maintainers are receiving more low-quality and automated vulnerability reports, which can bury the reports that matter. Rate limits cap how many new reports a single account can submit&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The GitHub Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-01T21:10:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1260\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Allison\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports - The GitHub Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1260\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-01T19:57:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-01T21:10:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1260\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1260\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"GitHub private vulnerability reporting settings with options to require a CWE assignment, set a daily advisory limit, and manage trusted reporters.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Changelogs\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/changelog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The GitHub Blog\",\"description\":\"Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/github.blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports - GitHub Changelog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports \u00b7 GitHub Changelog","og_description":"Open source maintainers are receiving more low-quality and automated vulnerability reports, which can bury the reports that matter. Rate limits cap how many new reports a single account can submit&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/","og_site_name":"The GitHub Blog","article_modified_time":"2026-10-01T21:10:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2400,"height":1260,"url":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute","Written by":"Allison"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/","url":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/","name":"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports - The GitHub Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1260","datePublished":"2026-10-01T19:57:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-01T21:10:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1260","contentUrl":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/663314300-299cca06-b142-40ed-9b35-9b943e883903.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1260","width":2400,"height":1260,"caption":"GitHub private vulnerability reporting settings with options to require a CWE assignment, set a daily advisory limit, and manage trusted reporters."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-10-01-rate-limits-for-private-vulnerability-reports\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/github.blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Changelogs","item":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rate limits for private vulnerability reports"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/github.blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/github.blog\/","name":"The GitHub Blog","description":"Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/github.blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/changelogs\/99231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/changelogs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/changelog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/changelogs\/99231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99237,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/changelogs\/99231\/revisions\/99237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"changelog-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type?post=99231"},{"taxonomy":"changelog-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/label?post=99231"},{"taxonomy":"changelog-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/group?post=99231"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/github.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=99231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}