Explain how Dependabot's dependency graph integrates with GitHub's Advanced Security features?

The dependency graph isn't exclusive to Dependabot — it's shared underlying data that GitHub's broader Advanced Security suite (code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot itself) all build on, giving a more complete security picture when used together rather than any one feature operating in isolation.

flowchart TD
    A[Dependency Graph - shared data] --> B[Dependabot alerts/updates]
    A --> C[Code scanning: flags vulnerable API usage from dependencies]
    D[Secret scanning] --> E[Combined security posture view]
    B --> E
    C --> E

For example, code scanning can use dependency graph data to flag not just that a vulnerable package version is present, but specifically whether your code actually calls the vulnerable function/API within that package — a more precise signal than dependency presence alone, since a vulnerability in an unused code path of a dependency may be lower priority than one in a function your application actively calls.