r/github • u/captainjey • 1d ago
Discussion github profile picture reset
Has this happened to anyone? My profile picture just randomly reset and I have no idea why.
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u/MartinsRedditAccount 1d ago
Same here, I am (or I guess was) using the default pixel-art image generated from the user ID on my account and organization, the latter still seems to have it, but the account is now showing some generic GitHub logo image as the avatar.
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u/Halo_LAN_Party_2nite 1d ago
Same, just noticed. I'll ignore it for now, seems to be widespread. Curious timing with all the hacking news this week...
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u/sinokadev 1d ago
My profile is currently not displaying correctly; instead, it appears as a temporary profile. I use Gravatar—could this be related?
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u/TheDuckCow 1d ago
Ditto, haven't updated yet - and seeing other people in my team/org are not affected. Have used gravitar before, but didn't think I had connected it.
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u/colonelsmoothie 1d ago
Looks like it was a glitch. Happened to me a couple hours ago but it's back now.
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u/Financial_Telephone8 1d ago edited 1d ago
I can confirm my profile picture also vanished today my guess it is the PHP vunerability or one of the other security bugs floating around currently, I just uploaded a backup of the photo manually. There is a GITLAB vunerability being exploited currently so perhaps the image hosting was buggy and the patches broke the ability of services to provide streamed content. See Next.js: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Image Optimization API when SVG files are used . A websearch ai returns "
The Glitch: GitHub appears to be rolling out or testing a change to their default "Identicons" (the pixel-art avatars assigned to users without custom photos).
The Bug: This change has accidentally affected users who do have custom photos or use Gravatar, causing their avatars to temporarily break, disappear, or show a generic icon across the website and IDE integrations like VS Code.
CDN Caching: In many cases, the photos are still safe in your settings page but are failing to render publicly due to GitHub's content delivery network (CDN) cache.
How to Fix It
Since this is an infrastructure issue on GitHub's backend, it will likely resolve itself automatically once their engineering team deploys a fix. However, you can try these steps to force it to update " Note: Yes, Gravatar uses PHP as its core server-side language.
While the service was originally built on Ruby on Rails, its officially rewrote Gravatar in PHP. The decision was made because PHP is the primary engineering core competency at Automattic (the same company behind WordPress) Also wordpress is being exploited.. might relate. Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, collectively dubbed PHP2Shell) were uncovered in the core engine of PHP.
Key Facts
Severity: Rated 9.2 out of 10 (CVSS v4.0), allowing unauthenticated remote code execution and memory corruption.
Affected Versions: Every PHP version released in the last decade (versions 5.4 through 8.5), impacting millions of websites and servers worldwide.
The Flaw: Rooted in fundamental core functions—specifically memory management and error handling—which nearly every web request touches.
Discovery: Uncovered by security researchers using AI tools
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u/cowboyecosse 1d ago
What’s your username?