fix: adding required permissions to top level and jobs in the workflow#1639
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Signed-off-by: Gagan H R <hrgagan4@gmail.com>
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Summary
Currently the score for the Token Permissions is 0 because the top level permissions and a few job level permissions are missing in the workflows. With this change, the score will move to 10, since the workflow jobs will run with the minimal permissions. The PR retains conditions like
writeonly at the job level, where it is necessary.Release notes
Release notes not applicable: this change only tightens GitHub Actions workflow permissions and does not affect end users.Related
Resolves #1638
Fixes #1638
Context
This PR addresses the OpenSSF Scorecard Token-Permissions check by:
permissions: contents: readat the top level of workflows that were missing top-level permissions (build.yml,check-latest-release.yml,draft-release.yml,post-release.yml,test-s390x.yml).contents: write) only at the specific job level where they are required (e.g. the draft-release job).More details on the check: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#token-permissions