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Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 1: Workflow does not contain permissions#6

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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 permissions block 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 to contents: read and packages: 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 permissions block after the on: section (lines 8–15) and before concurrency: (line 18). This will ensure that: actions/checkout can still read the repo, Composer can still authenticate to GitHub Packages via GITHUB_TOKEN, and no write privileges are granted unnecessarily. No additional imports or external dependencies are required; this is purely a YAML configuration change.

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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 permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN in .github/workflows/test.yml.

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contents: read
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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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