Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 2: Workflow does not contain permissions #313
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…n permissions As part of the organization's transition to default read-only permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN, this pull request addresses a missing permission in the workflow that triggered a code scanning alert. This PR explicitly adds the required read permissions to align with the default read only permission and is part of a larger effort for this OKR github/security-services#455 Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds explicit read-only permissions for the contents scope to the GitHub Actions test workflow, implementing the principle of least privilege for security hardening.
- Adds
permissionsblock withcontents: readto restrict workflow token permissions
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Potential fix for https://github.com/github/gemoji/security/code-scanning/2
The ideal fix is to add an explicit
permissionsblock to the workflow to restrict the GITHUB_TOKEN to only the minimal necessary permissions required by the workflow. In general, for a typical test job that checks out code and runs tests, onlycontents: readis needed. The fix should be made near the top level of the workflow file, either at the root level (so it applies to all jobs), or specifically under thetestjob if only that job should be restricted. For this workflow file, the recommended way is to add the permissions at the workflow root, directly after the workflow name and before theonkeyword, to cover all jobs in the workflow. No additional imports or method definitions are required.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.