Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 1: Workflow does not contain permissions#6
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Pull request overview
Adds an explicit least-privilege permissions block to the CI test workflow to address the code scanning alert about missing workflow permissions.
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- Introduces workflow-level
permissionsfor theGITHUB_TOKENin.github/workflows/test.yml.
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packages: read grants access to GitHub Packages, but this workflow appears to only install dependencies from Packagist (see composer.json) and uses GITHUB_TOKEN mainly for GitHub API rate limits/checkout. To keep least-privilege, consider removing packages: read unless the workflow actually needs to pull from GitHub Packages/private registries (in which case add a brief note explaining why it’s required).
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Potential fix for https://github.com/rtCamp/coding-standards-d/security/code-scanning/1
In general, the fix is to explicitly add a
permissionsblock specifying the least-privilege access that the GITHUB_TOKEN needs. For this workflow, the job only needs to read repository contents and packages (for Composer), and does not need to write to the repo or modify issues/PRs, so we can safely restrict permissions tocontents: readandpackages: read. This can be done at the workflow root level (applies to all jobs) or at the job level; adding at the root is clearer and future‑proofs additional jobs unless they override permissions.The best minimal change without altering functionality is to add a workflow‑level
permissionsblock after theon:section (lines 8–15) and beforeconcurrency:(line 18). This will ensure that:actions/checkoutcan still read the repo, Composer can still authenticate to GitHub Packages viaGITHUB_TOKEN, and no write privileges are granted unnecessarily. No additional imports or external dependencies are required; this is purely a YAML configuration change.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.