chore: Set permissions for GitHub actions #7789
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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: nathannaveen <42319948+nathannaveen@users.noreply.github.com>
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From my understanding, PRs get a more restricted set of permissions by default. Is there a specific benefit to specifying the permissions then? Is this protecting from the action that we depend on updating and being malicious? |
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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: nathannaveen 42319948+nathannaveen@users.noreply.github.com