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Copilot AI commented Jul 10, 2025

This PR addresses the security requirement to ensure GitHub workflow jobs that run "github/codeql-action/analyze" have correct permission configurations.

Verification Results

All CodeQL workflows already meet security requirements

Analysis Summary:

  • Workflows scanned: 9 total workflow files in .github/workflows/
  • CodeQL analyze workflows found: 1 (.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)
  • Security issues found: 0

Current Permission Structure (Correct):

The codeql-analysis.yml workflow properly implements the required security pattern:

# Root-level permissions (minimal)
permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  analyze:
    # Job-level permissions (specific)
    permissions:
      security-events: write # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report

Security Best Practices Validated:

  • security-events: write permission is defined at job-level (not root-level)
  • ✅ Root-level permissions are minimal (contents: read only)
  • ✅ No unnecessary permissions granted at workflow level
  • ✅ Follows principle of least privilege

The CodeQL workflow was recently added and already follows the correct security pattern outlined in the issue requirements.

Fixes #17.


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Ensure correct CodeQL workflow permissions Verify CodeQL workflow permissions are correctly configured Jul 10, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from trask July 10, 2025 00:42
Copilot finished work on behalf of trask July 10, 2025 00:42
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Ensure correct CodeQL workflow permissions

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