An illustrative walkthrough · 4 chapters
Send a repository security finding to your issue tracker
An engineer picks up a security ticket and asks, 'Where is this coming from?' Investigate the finding first, then file an issue with the code references and a link saved on the original finding.
Chapter 01
Match the finding to the repository you're working in.
Check the repository owner and name against the checkout. Sythe Labs can retrieve unresolved GitHub findings and included pentest findings for that linked repository. This matters when your organization has similar service names or more than one application: investigating the wrong checkout wastes the handoff.
01 / Repository · findings for the matching owner and repository name
Chapter 02
Check the cause before writing the ticket.
When source code is available, read the affected file and follow the relevant code path. Confirm what allows the reported behavior and note the file and line references. If you can't verify the cause, say what still needs investigation rather than presenting a guess as a diagnosis.
02 / Investigation · source references and a checked root cause
Chapter 03
Write the ticket you'd want to receive.
Describe the cause and which behavior is affected. Include the source references, a proposed fix, and how to test it. A person explicitly requests creation of the tracker issue. The engineer receiving it should be able to start from the investigation already done.
03 / Handoff · investigation details and a proposed verification test
Chapter 04
Find the issue from the original finding.
Sythe Labs creates the issue in your active linked tracker, using its configured team and project, and saves the issue link on the finding. You can return to that finding to locate the engineering work. Implementation and verification still happen after the ticket is filed.
04 / Tracker · an issue link saved on the finding
What you leave with
An engineering ticket with investigation details, linked from the original finding.
Have a similar task on your team's list? Book a call to discuss how this workflow would fit your systems and who would need to be involved.