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Copilot AI commented Mar 27, 2026

GitHub Actions workflows were missing explicit permissions declarations, leaving them with overly broad default token permissions — a security risk flagged by 23 code scanning alerts.

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  • Workflow-level permissions: contents: read added to ci.yml, release.yml, rebase.yml — establishes least-privilege baseline for all jobs
  • Job-level permission overrides where elevated access is required:
    • ci.ymlcoverage-report job: checks: write, pull-requests: write
    • release.ymlpackage job: contents: write (release asset upload)
    • rebase.ymlrebase job: contents: write, pull-requests: write
    • stale.ymlstale job: issues: write, pull-requests: write
    • update-news-www.ymlUpdateNewsOnWebsite job: contents: write
    • zap_scan.ymlzap_scan job: contents: read
  • Workflow-level contents: write for workflows that commit back to repos: lint-fixer.yml, update-challenges-ebook.yml, update-challenges-www.yml

Potential fix for alerts


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Co-authored-by: leftrightleft <4910518+leftrightleft@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Autofix Code Scanning Alert Add explicit permissions to all GitHub Actions workflows Mar 27, 2026
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