Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 4: Workflow does not contain permissions#4
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Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 4: Workflow does not contain permissions#4
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Potential fix for https://github.com/pmalarme/github-secrets/security/code-scanning/4
In general, to fix this issue you should explicitly set
permissionsfor theGITHUB_TOKENeither at the top (workflow-level, affecting all jobs) or per job, and restrict them to the minimum required scopes, typicallycontents: read(and others only if actually needed). This both documents the intended access and prevents accidental broad write permissions if repository defaults are permissive.For this specific workflow, none of the steps perform operations that require write access via
GITHUB_TOKEN(they only echo text, read secrets, and write toGITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY). Therefore, the safest and simplest fix is to define a workflow-levelpermissionsblock with read-only contents. Place it near the top of.github/workflows/reusable_workflow_with_inherit.yaml, after thenameandonsections but beforejobs:. For example:This applies to both
run-reusable-workflowandrun-reusable-workflow-without-environmentwithout altering their behavior, and it removes the CodeQL warning about missing permissions. No additional imports, methods, or other definitions are required.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.