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ci: add minimum GitHub token permissions for workflow #241

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This PR adds minimum token permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN in GitHub Actions workflows using secure-workflows.

The GitHub Actions workflow has a GITHUB_TOKEN with write access to multiple scopes. Here is an example of the permissions in one of the workflow runs:
https://github.com/nodejs/node-v8/actions/runs/3167512719/jobs/5158057075#step:1:19

After this change, the scopes will be reduced to the minimum needed for the following workflow:

  • update-canary.yml

Motivation and Context

  • This is a security best practice, so if the GITHUB_TOKEN is compromised due to a vulnerability or compromised Action, the damage will be reduced.
  • GitHub recommends defining minimum GITHUB_TOKEN permissions.
  • The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Scorecards also treats not setting token permissions as a high-risk issue. This change will help increase the Scorecard score for this repository.

Signed-off-by: Ashish Kurmi akurmi@stepsecurity.io

Signed-off-by: Ashish Kurmi <akurmi@stepsecurity.io>
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The update script must be able to push to the canary branch:

# Force-push to the canary branch.
git push --force origin HEAD:canary

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targos commented Feb 1, 2023

No follow-up so I'm closing this. Feel free to reopen or open another PR with updated permissions.

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