High-risk tools in GitHub
2 of the 86 tools in GitHub are classified as high risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.
Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.
Tools at high risk
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actions_run_triggerExecuteTrigger GitHub Actions workflow operations, including running, re-running, cancelling workflow runs, and deleting workflow run logs.
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assign_copilot_to_issueExecuteAssign Copilot to a specific issue in a GitHub repository. This tool can help with the following outcomes: - a Pull Request created with source code changes to resolve the issu...
Attacks that target this class
High-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.