Unspecified workflows level permissions

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Metadata

ID: github-actions/permissions

Language: YAML

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

Description

Datadog’s GitHub organization defines default permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN to be restricted (contents:read, metadata:read, and packages:read).

Your repository may require a different setup, so consider defining permissions for each job following the least privilege principle to restrict the impact of a possible compromise.

You can find the list of all possible permissions in Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions - GitHub Docs. They can be defined at the job or the workflow level.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

jobs:
  test:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
    with:
      repo: core
    secrets: inherit
  lint:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout
  lint:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

Compliant Code Examples

name: kubehound-linter

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  linter:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:      
      - name: Harden Runner
        uses: step-security/harden-runner@8ca2b8b2ece13480cda6dacd3511b49857a23c09
        with:
          egress-policy: block
          allowed-endpoints: >
            api.github.com:443
            github.com:443
            goreleaser.com:443
            golang.org:443
            go.dev:443
            objects.githubusercontent.com:443
            proxy.golang.org:443
            storage.googleapis.com:443
            uploads.github.com:443
            sum.golang.org:443
                        
      - name: Setup Golang
        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe
        with:
          go-version: "1.22"

      - name: Checkout Git Repo
        uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab

      - name: golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@3a919529898de77ec3da873e3063ca4b10e7f5cc
        with:
          version: v1.56.2
          args: ./...