chore(ci): pin actions to immutable commit SHAs - #5
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Sep 2, 2026
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- Mutable tags let an upstream maintainer change what runs here after the fact, and pinning is a prerequisite for turning on the organization SHA pinning policy without taking CI down.
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WalkthroughThe CI and GitHub Pages workflows now pin their GitHub Actions to immutable commit SHAs. Existing jobs, inputs, and deployment flow remain unchanged. ChangesWorkflow action pinning
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR improves CI supply-chain integrity by pinning actions to immutable commits. A bounded security risk remains because checkout credentials may persist while repository-controlled commands run in three workflows; this is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up. Poem
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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Line 33: Set persist-credentials to false on the checkout steps at
.github/workflows/ci.yml lines 33-33 and 71-71, and .github/workflows/pages.yml
lines 27-27. Apply the same setting to all three actions/checkout invocations
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printf '%s\n' '--- .github/workflows/ci.yml ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- .github/workflows/pages.yml ---'
sed -n '1,60p' .github/workflows/pages.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- checkout/action references ---'
rg -n -C 2 'actions/checkout|persist-credentials|upload-pages-artifact|site|symlink' .github/workflowsRepository: TrogonStack/walgit
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printf '%s\n' '--- workflow triggers and remaining CI steps ---'
sed -n '1,25p' .github/workflows/ci.yml
sed -n '85,145p' .github/workflows/ci.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- tracked site entries and symlinks ---'
git ls-files -s -- site
printf '%s\n' '--- repository-controlled execution and packaging references ---'
rg -n -C 2 'run:|just |cargo |pnpm |upload-pages-artifact|path: site|symlink|ln -s|readlink' .github/workflows site justfile Makefile 2>/dev/null || trueRepository: TrogonStack/walgit
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actions/checkout persist-credentials default true upload-pages-artifact symlink dereference behavior
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For the actions/checkout and actions/upload-pages-artifact actions, the behaviors are as follows: actions/checkout: persist-credentials The persist-credentials input defaults to true [1][2][3]. When enabled, this setting configures the provided Git authentication token (or SSH key) into the local Git configuration of the checked-out repository [1][2]. This allows subsequent steps in the same job to execute authenticated Git commands using that credential [1][4]. The credentials are removed during the post-job cleanup process [1][4]. Security discussions regarding this default have occurred, and while some users have expressed concerns [5], it remains the default behavior as of September 2026. actions/upload-pages-artifact: Symlink Dereference Behavior The actions/upload-pages-artifact action strictly requires that the artifacts being uploaded do not contain symbolic or hard links [6][7]. To enforce this and accommodate rare cases where such links might be present, the action uses GNU tar with the --dereference and --hard-dereference flags [8][9]. This process effectively dereferences (resolves) symlinks and hard links into the actual files or directories they point to within the created archive [8]. This behavior is enforced primarily for security reasons, as GitHub Pages server-side validation rejects any artifacts containing these types of links [8][9][10].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/actions/checkout
- 2: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/checkout
- 3: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/checkout?version=v3.6.0
- 4: https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/v2.4.0/README.md
- 5: GitHub issue 2312 in actions/checkout (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: https://github.com/actions/upload-pages-artifact?tab=readme-ov-file
- 7: https://github.com/actions/upload-pages-artifact
- 8: GitHub issue 51 in actions/upload-pages-artifact (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 9: GitHub issue 17 in actions/upload-pages-artifact (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 10: GitHub issue 389 in actions/deploy-pages (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Sensitive Data Exposure (CWE-522): Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Disable checkout credential persistence in all three workflows.
Because later CI steps execute repository-controlled code, the default persisted GITHUB_TOKEN can be read from .git/config. In the Pages workflow, a symlink under site can cause the packaging step to include that file. Add persist-credentials: false to the checkouts at .github/workflows/ci.yml#L33, .github/workflows/ci.yml#L71, and .github/workflows/pages.yml#L27.
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[warning] 33-35: credential persistence through GitHub Actions artifacts (artipacked): does not set persist-credentials: false
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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml at line 33, Set persist-credentials to false on the
checkout steps at .github/workflows/ci.yml lines 33-33 and 71-71, and
.github/workflows/pages.yml lines 27-27. Apply the same setting to all three
actions/checkout invocations without changing other workflow behavior.
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Mutable tags let an upstream maintainer change what runs in CI after review. Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>
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