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Engineering — 2022 Transparency Report: January to June

2022 Transparency Report: January to June

We’re reporting on a six-month period rather than annually to increase our level of transparency. For this report, we’ve continued with the more granular reporting we began in our 2021 reports.

RCRose CooganRose Coogan·August 16, 2022Engineering
SRE & Ops — GitHub Pages now uses Actions by default

GitHub Pages now uses Actions by default

As GitHub Pages, home to 16 million websites, approaches its 15th anniversary, we’re excited to announce that all sites now build and deploy with GitHub Actions.

CPChris Patterson, Yoann ChaudetChris Patterson, Yoann Chaudet·August 10, 2022SRE & Ops
Security — Dependabot now alerts for vulnerable GitHub Actions

Dependabot now alerts for vulnerable GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions gives teams access to powerful, native CI/CD capabilities right next to their code hosted in GitHub. Starting today, GitHub will send a Dependabot alert for vulnerable GitHub Actions, making it even easier to stay up to date and fix security vulnerabilities in your actions workflows.

GGitHub·August 9, 2022Security
Security — All GitHub Enterprise users now have access to the security overview

All GitHub Enterprise users now have access to the security overview

Today, we’re expanding access to the GitHub security overview! All GitHub Enterprise customers now have access to the security overview, not just those with GitHub Advanced Security. Additionally, all users within an enterprise can now access the security overview, not just admins and security managers.

BOBrittany O'Shea, Kelly ArwineBrittany O'Shea, Kelly Arwine·August 8, 2022Security
Engineering — Release Radar

Release Radar

While some of us have been wrapping up the financial year, and enjoying vacation time, others have been hard at work shipping open source projects and releases. These projects include…

MDMichelle DukeMichelle Duke·August 5, 2022Engineering
Performance — GitHub Availability Report: July 2022

GitHub Availability Report: July 2022

In July, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance for Codespaces. This report also acknowledges two incidents that impacted multiple GitHub.com services in June.

JOJakub OleksyJakub Oleksy·August 3, 2022Performance
Engineering — Release Radar

Release Radar

It’s been a crazy couple of months with the end of financial year and lots of products shipping. Our community has been hard at work shipping projects too. These projects…

MDMichelle DukeMichelle Duke·July 27, 2022Engineering
Security — Corrupting memory without memory corruption

Corrupting memory without memory corruption

In this post I’ll exploit CVE-2022-20186, a vulnerability in the Arm Mali GPU kernel driver and use it to gain arbitrary kernel memory access from an untrusted app on a Pixel 6. This then allows me to gain root and disable SELinux. This vulnerability highlights the strong primitives that an attacker may gain by exploiting errors in the memory management code of GPU drivers.

MYMan Yue MoMan Yue Mo·July 27, 2022Security
Security — Introducing even more security enhancements to npm

Introducing even more security enhancements to npm

New npm security enhancements include an improved login and publish experience with the npm CLI, connected GitHub and Twitter accounts, and a new CLI command to verify the integrity of packages in npm.

MBMyles Borins, Monish MohanMyles Borins, Monish Mohan·July 26, 2022Security
AI & ML — Research: How GitHub Copilot helps improve developer productivity

Research: How GitHub Copilot helps improve developer productivity

We surveyed more than 2,000 developers about whether GitHub Copilot helped them be more productive and improved their coding. Then, we matched this qualitative feedback and subjective perception with quantitative data around objective usage measurements and productivity.

AZAlbert ZieglerAlbert Ziegler·July 14, 2022AI & ML
SRE & Ops — GitHub Availability Report: June 2022

GitHub Availability Report: June 2022

In June, we experienced four incidents resulting in significant impact to multiple GitHub.com services. This report also sheds light into an incident that impacted several GitHub.com services in May.

JOJakub OleksyJakub Oleksy·July 6, 2022SRE & Ops
Engineering — Managing a game dev community with GitHub Actions

Managing a game dev community with GitHub Actions

A Little Game Called Mario is an open source, collectively developed hell project. Anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute their unique talents to make both the player and developer experience more enjoyable. Find out how the collective leverages GitHub Actions to manage this wonderful little community.

ELEmilia Lazer-WalkerEmilia Lazer-Walker·July 6, 2022Engineering
Engineering — Write Better Commits, Build Better Projects

Write Better Commits, Build Better Projects

High-quality Git commits are the key to a maintainable and collaborative open- or closed-source project. Learn strategies to improve and use commits to streamline your development process.

VDVictoria DyeVictoria Dye·June 30, 2022Engineering
Security — The Chromium super (inline cache) type confusion

The Chromium super (inline cache) type confusion

In this post I’ll exploit CVE-2022-1134, a type confusion in Chrome that I reported in March 2022, which allows remote code execution (RCE) in the renderer sandbox of Chrome by a single visit to a malicious site. I’ll also look at some past vulnerabilities of this type and some implementation details of inline cache in V8, the JavaScript engine of Chrome.

MYMan Yue MoMan Yue Mo·June 29, 2022Security
Engineering — Highlights from Git 2.37

Highlights from Git 2.37

The open source Git project just released Git 2.37. Take a look at some of our highlights from the latest release.

TBTaylor BlauTaylor Blau·June 27, 2022Engineering
Career & Teams — Thank you to our maintainers

Thank you to our maintainers

To celebrate Maintainer Month, GitHub has invested an additional $500,000 to help sponsor the open source projects that it depends on.

MWMartin Woodward, Ashley WolfMartin Woodward, Ashley Wolf·June 24, 2022Career & Teams
AI & ML — GitHub Copilot is generally available to all developers

GitHub Copilot is generally available to all developers

We’re making GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer that suggests code in your editor, generally available to all developers for $10 USD/month or $100 USD/year. It will also be free to use for verified students and maintainers of popular open source projects.

TDThomas DohmkeThomas Dohmke·June 21, 2022AI & ML
Engineering — Release Radar

Release Radar

Each month, we highlight open source projects that have shipped major updates. These projects can include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. We cover what the…

MDMichelle DukeMichelle Duke·June 16, 2022Engineering
Security — The Android kernel mitigations obstacle race

The Android kernel mitigations obstacle race

In this post I’ll exploit CVE-2022-22057, a use-after-free in the Qualcomm gpu kernel driver, to gain root and disable SELinux from the untrusted app sandbox on a Samsung Z flip 3. I’ll look at various mitigations that are implemented on modern Android devices and how they affect the exploit.

MYMan Yue MoMan Yue Mo·June 16, 2022Security
Engineering — Git Merge 2022

Git Merge 2022

Git Merge, the conference dedicated to bringing the Git community together returns on September 14-15 in Chicago, Illinois.

LRLee ReillyLee Reilly·June 15, 2022Engineering
Engineering — Open Source Monthly: June 2022 Edition

Open Source Monthly: June 2022 Edition

June’s Open Source Monthly features Modos–a community-focused company building software and hardware that designs digital devices with respect for users’ time, attention, and well-being.

RSRizel ScarlettRizel Scarlett·June 13, 2022Engineering
Frontend — How we think about browsers

How we think about browsers

Discover how GitHub thinks about browser support, look at usage patterns, and learn about the tools we use to make sure our customers are getting the best experience.

KCKeith CirkelKeith Cirkel·June 10, 2022Frontend