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ci: add minimum GitHub token permissions for workflows
Description
This PR adds minimum token permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN in GitHub Actions workflows using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows.
GitHub Actions workflows have a GITHUB_TOKEN with write
access to multiple scopes.
Here is an example of the permissions in one of the workflows:
https://github.com/spf13/cobra/runs/8125223301?check_suite_focus=true#step:1:19
After this change, the scopes will be reduced to the minimum needed for each workflow.
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. https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#modifying-the-permissions-for-the-github_token
- 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: Varun Sharma [email protected]