What is Dependabot Security Updates, and how does it integrate with GitHub Advanced Security?

• A. Dependabot Security Updates automatically opens PRs to update vulnerable dependencies, integrating with alerts and workflows to fix issues.
• B. Dependabot Security Updates only polices access control to repo.
• C. Dependabot Security Updates scans code for vulnerabilities.
• D. Dependabot Security Updates generates license reports.

Answer: (A)

Dependabot Security Updates focuses on fixing vulnerable dependencies by automatically creating pull requests to update them. It watches your dependency manifests, detects when a library version has a known vulnerability, and proposes a patched version through a PR so your project can be rebuilt with the safer dependency. When used with GitHub Advanced Security, it works alongside vulnerability alerts and security workflows to streamline remediation: the security alerts point you to issues, and Dependabot’s automatic PRs provide the concrete, trackable way to fix them, often integrated into your CI checks and review process. This is different from features that control access, scan code for vulnerabilities, or generate license reports, which is why the other options don’t fit.