ci: declare workflow-level contents: read on 2 workflows - #6212
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Pins the default GITHUB_TOKEN to contents: read on workflows that don't call a GitHub API beyond the initial checkout. Other workflows that need write scopes are left implicit for a maintainer to declare. Motivation: CVE-2025-30066 (March 2025 tj-actions/changed-files compromise) exfiltrated GITHUB_TOKEN from workflow logs. Per-workflow caps bound runtime authority irrespective of repo or org default, give drift protection, and are credited per-file by the OpenSSF Scorecard Token-Permissions check. YAML validated locally with yaml.safe_load. Signed-off-by: Arpit Jain <arpitjain099@gmail.com>
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Pins the default
GITHUB_TOKENtocontents: readon 2 workflows in.github/workflows/that don't call a GitHub API beyond the initial checkout.Why
CVE-2025-30066 (March 2025
tj-actions/changed-filessupply-chain compromise) exfiltratedGITHUB_TOKENfrom workflow logs. Pinning per workflow caps runtime authority irrespective of the repo or org default, gives drift protection if the default ever widens, and is credited per-file by the OpenSSF ScorecardToken-Permissionscheck.YAML validated locally with
yaml.safe_loadon each touched file.