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Summary

  • scripts/setup-zitadel.py: Write sensitive config (client IDs, secrets) to .env.zitadel-setup file instead of logging to stdout. Mask admin password in all print output. Add .env.zitadel-setup to .gitignore. Fix pre-existing unused api_app variable.
  • .github/workflows/release.yml: Add explicit permissions: { contents: read } to lint, test, and build jobs.

Resolves CodeQL alerts #3#9:

  • py/clear-text-logging-sensitive-data (high severity)
  • actions/missing-workflow-permissions (medium severity)

Test plan

  • Run python scripts/setup-zitadel.py against a local Zitadel instance and verify credentials are written to .env.zitadel-setup instead of stdout
  • Verify no passwords or secrets appear in stdout output
  • Verify CI workflow permissions don't break existing lint/test/build jobs

Closes #42

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  • Chores
    • Configured GitHub Actions workflow permissions for enhanced security.
    • Added environment configuration file to gitignore to prevent accidental tracking.
  • New Features
    • Setup script now generates a local environment configuration file with issuer and client IDs during initialization.

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This pull request resolves CodeQL security alerts by adding explicit permissions: contents: read to GitHub Actions jobs, suppressing hardcoded credential lint warnings in the setup script, writing sensitive configuration to a .env.zitadel-setup file instead of stdout, and excluding that file from version control.

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GitHub Actions Permissions
.github/workflows/release.yml
Added permissions: contents: read to lint, test, and build jobs to enforce explicit permission boundaries and resolve missing-workflow-permissions alerts.
Git Configuration
.gitignore
Added .env.zitadel-setup to the Environment section to prevent accidental commit of locally-generated configuration files containing sensitive credentials.
Setup Script Hardening
scripts/setup-zitadel.py
Removed unused json import, added # noqa: S106 annotations to credential-printing statements to suppress hardcoded-password warnings, refactored API application creation (return value discarded), reformatted JSON payload for readability, and implemented new feature to write issuer, client IDs, and web client secret to .env.zitadel-setup file instead of relying solely on stdout output.

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🐰 Hop, hop! Our secrets tucked away,
No cleartext logging on display!
Workflow permissions locked up tight,
.env files hidden from sight,
CodeQL alerts melt into the day! 🔐

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed All coding requirements from issue #42 are met: credentials written to .env.zitadel-setup, password masking added, .gitignore updated, unused variable fixed, and workflow permissions added.
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JohnRDOrazio and others added 2 commits April 7, 2026 15:08
- scripts/setup-zitadel.py: write sensitive config (client secrets,
  IDs) to .env.zitadel-setup file instead of logging to stdout; mask
  admin password in all print output; add .env.zitadel-setup to
  .gitignore; fix unused api_app variable
- .github/workflows/release.yml: add explicit permissions
  (contents: read) to lint, test, and build jobs

Resolves CodeQL alerts #3-#9.

Closes #42

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This is a local development setup script — printing credentials to
stdout is acceptable and helpful. Restore the original stdout output,
add a dev-environment disclaimer comment, and keep the .env.zitadel-setup
file as an additional convenience.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@JohnRDOrazio JohnRDOrazio force-pushed the fix/codeql-security-alerts branch from c78a206 to ae25938 Compare April 7, 2026 09:38
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🧹 Nitpick comments (3)
scripts/setup-zitadel.py (3)

61-62: Nitpick: Add explicit mode to open() for clarity.

While the default mode "r" works correctly, being explicit improves readability.

Suggested fix
-            with open("/tmp/admin.pat") as f:
+            with open("/tmp/admin.pat", "r") as f:
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@scripts/setup-zitadel.py` around lines 61 - 62, The open call that reads the
admin PAT currently relies on the default read mode; update the call that opens
"/tmp/admin.pat" to explicitly pass mode "r" (e.g., open("/tmp/admin.pat", "r"))
so the read is explicit and clear—this affects the block that reads into
variable pat in the script (the with open(...) as f: / pat = f.read().strip()
section).

286-304: Consider masking the password in the file comment.

Line 289 writes the admin password in clear text to the file comment, contributing to the CodeQL clear-text storage alert on line 304. Since users already see credentials in stdout, the file comment could mask it:

🔒 Proposed fix
     env_lines = [
         "# Generated by setup-zitadel.py (LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ONLY)\n",
         f"# Zitadel Console: {ZITADEL_URL}\n",
-        f"# Login: {ADMIN_USERNAME} / {ADMIN_PASSWORD}\n\n",
+        f"# Login: {ADMIN_USERNAME} / ******* (see stdout for password)\n\n",
         "# ontokit-api/.env\n",
         f"ZITADEL_ISSUER={ZITADEL_URL}\n",
     ]
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@scripts/setup-zitadel.py` around lines 286 - 304, The file writes the admin
password into env_lines (see env_lines list construction using ADMIN_PASSWORD)
which stores clear-text credentials into env_file; change the comment line that
includes f"# Login: {ADMIN_USERNAME} / {ADMIN_PASSWORD}\n" to mask or redact the
password (e.g. f"# Login: {ADMIN_USERNAME} / ******\\n" or omit the password)
before appending to env_lines, keeping the actual ADMIN_PASSWORD variable intact
for any programmatic use but ensuring env_lines only contains a masked value;
update the code that builds env_lines (and any related string) so the written
.env.zitadel-setup file never contains the plain ADMIN_PASSWORD.

268-280: Consider including ZITADEL_SERVICE_TOKEN in the output.

The script outputs ZITADEL_ISSUER, ZITADEL_CLIENT_ID, and ZITADEL_CLIENT_SECRET, but compose.yaml and .env.example also reference ZITADEL_SERVICE_TOKEN (the PAT for service account user lookups).

The PAT is already retrieved in get_admin_token(). If users are expected to configure this separately, a comment indicating where to find it would help:

 print("# ontokit-api/.env")
 print(f"ZITADEL_ISSUER={ZITADEL_URL}")
 if native_app.get("clientId"):
     print(f"ZITADEL_CLIENT_ID={native_app['clientId']}")
+print("# ZITADEL_SERVICE_TOKEN can be found at: docker cp ontokit-zitadel:/zitadel-data/admin.pat -")
 print()
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@scripts/setup-zitadel.py` around lines 268 - 280, Add the
ZITADEL_SERVICE_TOKEN to the printed env output using the admin token retrieved
by get_admin_token(): when printing for ontokit-api (.env) and ontokit-web
(.env.local) include a line like ZITADEL_SERVICE_TOKEN=<admin_token> (use the
variable returned from get_admin_token()), so both places output the PAT used
for service-account lookups alongside ZITADEL_ISSUER, ZITADEL_CLIENT_ID and
ZITADEL_CLIENT_SECRET; if you prefer not to print secrets, instead print a short
comment pointing users to where to obtain the service token and reference
get_admin_token() as the retrieval location.
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Nitpick comments:
In `@scripts/setup-zitadel.py`:
- Around line 61-62: The open call that reads the admin PAT currently relies on
the default read mode; update the call that opens "/tmp/admin.pat" to explicitly
pass mode "r" (e.g., open("/tmp/admin.pat", "r")) so the read is explicit and
clear—this affects the block that reads into variable pat in the script (the
with open(...) as f: / pat = f.read().strip() section).
- Around line 286-304: The file writes the admin password into env_lines (see
env_lines list construction using ADMIN_PASSWORD) which stores clear-text
credentials into env_file; change the comment line that includes f"# Login:
{ADMIN_USERNAME} / {ADMIN_PASSWORD}\n" to mask or redact the password (e.g. f"#
Login: {ADMIN_USERNAME} / ******\\n" or omit the password) before appending to
env_lines, keeping the actual ADMIN_PASSWORD variable intact for any
programmatic use but ensuring env_lines only contains a masked value; update the
code that builds env_lines (and any related string) so the written
.env.zitadel-setup file never contains the plain ADMIN_PASSWORD.
- Around line 268-280: Add the ZITADEL_SERVICE_TOKEN to the printed env output
using the admin token retrieved by get_admin_token(): when printing for
ontokit-api (.env) and ontokit-web (.env.local) include a line like
ZITADEL_SERVICE_TOKEN=<admin_token> (use the variable returned from
get_admin_token()), so both places output the PAT used for service-account
lookups alongside ZITADEL_ISSUER, ZITADEL_CLIENT_ID and ZITADEL_CLIENT_SECRET;
if you prefer not to print secrets, instead print a short comment pointing users
to where to obtain the service token and reference get_admin_token() as the
retrieval location.

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Stdout printing of dev credentials is intentional, but the written
env file is more persistent — mask the password there.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@JohnRDOrazio JohnRDOrazio merged commit 6aff899 into main Apr 7, 2026
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