chore: Set permissions for GitHub actions #11226
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Restrict the GitHub token permissions only to the required ones; this way, even if the attackers will succeed in compromising your workflow, they won’t be able to do much. - Included permissions for the action. https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#token-permissions https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#permissions https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs [Keeping your GitHub Actions and workflows secure Part 1: Preventing pwn requests](https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-preventing-pwn-requests/) Signed-off-by: naveen <172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com>
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Is this necessary -- this is only on pull_request, which does not get a token with write anyway?
I might have a gap in understanding here, so I'd appreciate context on why this exists.
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I agree it doesn’t get write token. It is best practice to set permissions.
That was my reasoning.
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As far as I understand, this would be mostly redundant as by default I suppose we could further restrict permissions by only granting read access to specific scopes. |
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Restrict the GitHub token permissions only to the required ones; this way, even if the attackers will succeed in compromising your workflow, they won’t be able to do much.
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#permissions
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs
Keeping your GitHub Actions and workflows secure Part 1: Preventing pwn requests
Signed-off-by: naveen 172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com