Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 4: Workflow does not contain permissions#62
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Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 4: Workflow does not contain permissions#62
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…n permissions Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Paul Elisa NIYOKWIZERWA <140616733+Ndevu12@users.noreply.github.com>
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Potential fix for https://github.com/Ndevu12/RichTextEditor/security/code-scanning/4
In general, the fix is to add an explicit
permissionsblock that restricts the default GITHUB_TOKEN capabilities to only what the workflow needs. For this CI workflow, jobs only read repository contents (viaactions/checkout) and upload artifacts; they do not push commits, modify releases, or interact with issues/PRs. Therefore,contents: readis sufficient. You can declare it once at the workflow root so it applies to all jobs that do not override it.The best fix here, without changing any existing behavior, is to add a root-level
permissions:block after theon:section (lines 3–7). This will applycontents: readto all jobs (lint,test,build, andconsumer-smoke). None of those jobs require write access to repository contents or other scopes, so this is a safe tightening of permissions and matches CodeQL’s “minimal starting point” suggestion.Concretely:
Edit
.github/workflows/ci.yml.Insert:
between the
on:block (line 3–7) and theconcurrency:block (line 9–11).No additional imports or methods are needed; this is purely a GitHub Actions YAML configuration change.
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