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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds security-focused permission restrictions to GitHub Actions workflows by implementing the principle of least privilege. The workflows are now explicitly configured to have read-only access to repository contents by default.
- Added
permissionssection to workflow files restricting default permissions - Set
contents: readto ensure workflows only have read access unless explicitly granted otherwise
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| File | Description |
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| .github/workflows/publish.yml | Added permissions block with read-only contents access |
| .github/workflows/nodejs.yml | Added permissions block with read-only contents access |
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| name: Publish | |||
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| contents: read | |||
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The 'publish' workflow likely needs write permissions to publish packages. Consider adding appropriate write permissions (e.g., contents: write or packages: write) or scoping permissions at the job level if only specific jobs require elevated access.
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| contents: read | |
| contents: write |
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https://github.com/github/task-lists-element/security/code-scanning/3
To fix the problem, you should add a
permissionsblock to the workflow or job definition. Since this workflow only checks out code, installs dependencies, and runs tests, you can safely set permissions to only allow read access to repository contents. The best way is to add apermissions:block at the root of the workflow (beforejobs:on line 4) withcontents: read. This will ensure that the GITHUB_TOKEN has minimally scoped permissions in all jobs unless overridden, adhering to the principle of least privilege. No additional imports, definitions, or code refactoring are required since it is a configuration change.https://github.com/github/task-lists-element/security/code-scanning/1
To fix the issue, explicitly limit the permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN in the workflow. Add a root-level
permissionsblock immediately after thenameand beforeon:. For publishing to npm in this workflow, the GITHUB_TOKEN is not used to push back to the repository or create releases, so only read access to repository contents is required, unless an action specifically needs write permissions. In general, start with minimal permissions (contents: read) and escalate only if any job or step fails due to insufficient permissions. In this file, insert:right after the
name: Publishline.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.