ci: apply security best practices

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Summary

This pull request has been generated by StepSecurity as part of your enterprise subscription to ensure compliance with recommended security best practices. Please review and merge the pull request to apply these security enhancements.

Security Fixes

Pinned Dependencies

Pinning GitHub Actions to specific versions or commit SHAs ensures that your workflows remain consistent and secure.
Unpinned actions can lead to unexpected changes or vulnerabilities caused by upstream updates.

• GitHub Security Guide
• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Security Guide

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Test Results

6 tests  ±0   6 ✅ ±0   14s ⏱️ ±0s
4 suites ±0   0 💤 ±0 
1 files   ±0   0 ❌ ±0 

Results for commit c83b094. ± Comparison against base commit 1705d77.

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Please find StepSecurity AI-CodeWise code comments below.

Code Comments

.github/workflows/code-review.yml

[
    {
        "Severity": "High",
        "Recommendation": "Avoid using specific commit hashes directly in workflows as it can introduce security risks and make it challenging to track changes.",
        "Description": "Hardcoding specific commit hashes in workflows can lead to potential security vulnerabilities and make it harder to manage changes.",
        "Remediation": "Use branch names or tags instead of specific commit hashes in workflows to ensure traceability and reduce security risks. For example, use tags for release versions."
    },
    {
        "Severity": "Medium",
        "Recommendation": "Implement version control best practices by using branch names or tags instead of hardcoding specific commit hashes.",
        "Description": "Following version control best practices helps in maintaining a clean and organized codebase, making it easier to track changes and collaborate effectively.",
        "Remediation": "Refactor the workflow to use branch names or tags for referencing specific versions. This allows for better version control management and collaboration."
    }
]

.github/workflows/recurring-int-tests.yml

[
    {
        "Severity": "High",
        "Recommendation": "Avoid hardcoded image tags in Docker usage",
        "Description": "Hardcoding image tags can lead to using outdated or vulnerable images.",
        "Remediation": "Store the image tag in a variable or parameter and reference it in the Docker usage."
    },
    {
        "Severity": "Medium",
        "Recommendation": "Update the TODO comments with specific deadlines or actions",
        "Description": "Leaving TODO comments without specific deadlines or actions can lead to tasks being forgotten or delayed.",
        "Remediation": "Provide specific details like deadlines or actions needed in the TODO comments."
    }
]

.github/workflows/release.yml

[
    {
        "Severity": "High",
        "Recommendation": "Avoid using latest tag for Docker images in production deployments.",
        "Description": "Using latest tag for Docker images can lead to unpredictability and potential security vulnerabilities as the image content can change without notice.",
        "Remediation": "Specify a specific image tag or digest for production deployments instead of using the latest tag, to ensure consistency and stability. For example, use the image digest like 'ghcr.io/step-security/integration-test/int@sha256:63d9fc09c6cb655d046e7e89d3d6ef1117e103713f540c6bc4bc1b822be54333'."
    },
    {
        "Severity": "Medium",
        "Recommendation": "Avoid storing sensitive information like personal access tokens (PAT) directly in the environment variables.",
        "Description": "Storing sensitive information like personal access tokens (PAT) in plain text in the environment variables could lead to security risks if the environment gets compromised.",
        "Remediation": "Utilize a secrets management solution provided by the platform or external service to securely manage and inject sensitive information like personal access tokens at runtime. For example, use GitHub Secrets to store and access the personal access token securely."
    }
]

.github/workflows/runs-on.yml

[
    {
        "Severity": "High",
        "Recommendation": "Avoid hardcoding sensitive information in code",
        "Description": "Using hardcoded sensitive information like API keys or credentials directly in the code can expose security risks.",
        "Remediation": "Store sensitive information securely in environment variables or a secrets manager and reference them in the code."
    },
    {
        "Severity": "Medium",
        "Recommendation": "Ensure version control best practices",
        "Description": "Referencing a specific commit hash `fa70c45ca9a73bcef023a3e6afac49ffa3007480` may lead to lack of flexibility and tracking issues.",
        "Remediation": "Prefer using version tags or branches instead of specific commit hashes to ensure better manageability and maintainability."
    }
]

.github/workflows/canary.yml

[
    {
        "Severity": "High",
        "Recommendation": "Avoid using latest tag in Docker image reference",
        "Description": "Using 'latest' tag in Docker image reference can lead to unexpected changes in the image pulled, potentially introducing vulnerabilities or breaking the build.",
        "Remediation": "Replace usages of 'latest' tag with a specific image digest or version tag to ensure a deterministic and reliable image."
    },
    {
        "Severity": "Medium",
        "Recommendation": "Avoid hardcoding secrets in the code",
        "Description": "Hardcoding secrets like personal access tokens (PAT) in the code can expose sensitive information and increase the risk of unauthorized access.",
        "Remediation": "Use a secure and centralized secret management solution, such as GitHub Secrets or Azure Key Vault, to securely store and retrieve secrets at runtime."
    }
]

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