Updated messaging according to reverting Audit default mode. (#3364)

* Updated messaging according to reverting Audit default mode.

* Update docs/release-notes/NuGet-6.12.md

Co-authored-by: Andy Zivkovic <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Andy Zivkovic <[email protected]>

Author: OliaG

docs/concepts/Auditing-Packages.md

@@ -43,13 +43,10 @@ We recommend that audit is configured at a repository level.
 
 | MSBuild Property | Default | Possible values | Notes |
 |------------------|---------|-----------------|-------|
-| NuGetAuditMode | all | `direct` and `all` | If you'd like to audit top-level dependencies only, you can set the value to `direct`. NuGetAuditMode is not applicable for packages.config projects.  |
+| NuGetAuditMode | direct | `direct` and `all` | If you'd like to audit top-level dependencies only, you can set the value to `direct`. NuGetAuditMode is not applicable for packages.config projects.  |
 | NuGetAuditLevel | low | `low`, `moderate`, `high`, and `critical` | The minimum severity level to report. If you'd like to see `moderate`, `high`, and `critical` advisories (exclude `low`), set the value to `moderate` |
 | NuGetAudit | true | `true` and `false` | If you wish to not receive security audit reports, you can opt-out of the experience entirely by setting the value to `false` |
 
-Note: In .NET 8, the default value of NuGetAuditMode is `direct`.
-Therefore, setting [SdkAnalysisLevel](/dotnet/core/project-sdk/msbuild-props#sdkanalysislevel) to `8.0.400` changes the default value of NuGetAuditMode accordingly.
-
 #### Audit Sources
 
 Restore downloads a server's [`VulnerabilityInfo` resource](../api/vulnerability-info.md) to check against the list of packages each project is using.

docs/release-notes/NuGet-6.12.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ ms.topic: conceptual
 
 # NuGet 6.12 Release Notes
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> In response to developers' feedback to ensure builds continuity when updating to .NET SDK 9, we have reverted the default value of NuGetAuditMode to `direct` in Visual Studio 17.12.3 and .NET 9.0.101.
+
 NuGet distribution vehicles:
 
 | NuGet version | Available in Visual Studio version | Available in .NET SDK(s) |