Scope GITHUB_TOKEN permissions per job - #210
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A job with no `permissions:` block inherits whatever the repository hands out. Each block added here grants what that job's own steps need and nothing more.
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Approved as part of the org-wide GITHUB_TOKEN permissions campaign.
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Workflow hardening
GITHUB_TOKENpermissions scoped per jobA workflow with no
permissions:block inherits whatever the repository or theorganization hands out, which is commonly write access to everything. Any step
in that job — including one inside a third-party action — can then push commits,
open releases or edit issues with it.
Each block below grants a job the scopes its own steps need and nothing else.
Jobs that already declared their permissions were left untouched. The
workflow-level
permissions: {}is only added once every job in the filecarries its own block, because on its own it would silently strip the jobs it
missed.
.github/workflows/deploy-to-hf.ymldeploycontents: read.github/workflows/update-conferences.ymlupdate-conferencescontents: write, pull-requests: write.github/workflows/validate-conferences.ymlvalidatecontents: read