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…rite Adds top-level permissions: contents: read to restrict the default GITHUB_TOKEN. Also fixes the previous contents: write on the copyright-validation job to contents: read. This follows the principle of least privilege recommended in GitHub's PwnRequest security guidance.
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Pull request overview
This PR tightens GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN permissions for the pull_request_target-based PR workflow to reduce default write access and align with GitHub Actions hardening guidance.
Changes:
- Adds workflow-level
permissions: contents: readto restrict the default token scope for all jobs. - Reduces the
copyright-validationjob’scontentspermission fromwritetoread.
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@GAdityaVarma Let's remove this workflow from the repository. |
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SECCMP-1797: Add top-level permissions and fix write permission
Two changes:
permissions: contents: readat the workflow level to restrict the default GITHUB_TOKEN scopecontents: writetocontents: readon thecopyright-validationjob (write is unnecessary for reading files and posting PR comments)Without top-level permissions, all jobs inherit the full
pull_request_targetwrite token.Ref: Preventing pwn requests