Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 3: Workflow does not contain permissions#12
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Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 3: Workflow does not contain permissions#12
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Potential fix for https://github.com/cyberdotgent/CSV-Explorer/security/code-scanning/3
In general, the problem is fixed by explicitly declaring minimal
GITHUB_TOKENpermissions in the workflow, instead of relying on repository/organization defaults. For pure CI/build jobs that only need to read the repository,contents: readis usually sufficient. Jobs that need to publish releases or otherwise write to the repo can get limited write scopes as already done forrelease-windows.The best way to fix this file without changing behavior is to add a root‑level
permissionsblock that applies to all jobs by default, setting it to the least privilege needed for the majority of jobs (contents: read). The existingpermissionsblock in therelease-windowsjob already requestscontents: writeand will override the root default for that one job, so we should leave it intact. Concretely, we’ll insert:near the top of
.github/workflows/ci.yml, after theon:block (or beforeenv:), at the same indentation level asname,on,env, andjobs. No imports or extra methods are needed, only this YAML addition.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.