Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 2: Workflow does not contain permissions #1886
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This PR adds explicit read-only permissions to the markdown lint check workflow, following the principle of least privilege for GitHub Actions security.
- Adds
permissionsconfiguration withcontents: readto the lint job
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Fix for https://github.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/security/code-scanning/2
To fix the issue, I explicitly added a
permissionsblock to the job definition.Here, since there is only one job, adding it at the job level is sufficient. The linter job only needs to read the contents of the repository (no need to write to contents, pull-requests, etc.), so
contents: readis the minimal permissions set required. Added the following block underlint:and aboveruns-on:in.github/workflows/md_lint_check.yml: