Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 1: Workflow does not contain permissions#1
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Potential fix for https://github.com/offsec-toolkit/domainguardian/security/code-scanning/1
In general, the fix is to explicitly declare a
permissionsblock that scopes down the defaultGITHUB_TOKENpermissions to only what this workflow needs. Because this workflow is a standard Go CI pipeline (checkout, cache, lint, build, test, upload coverage) and does not appear to modify repository contents, open issues, or PRs, the safest least-privilege setting iscontents: read. If later steps need more (e.g., PR comments), additional specific permissions can be added.The single best way to fix this without changing functionality is to add a top-level
permissionssection just under thename:line (beforeon:). This will apply to all jobs in the workflow (currently justci) that do not overridepermissions, and it constrainsGITHUB_TOKENto read-only access to repository contents. No imports or other definitions are necessary because this is a YAML configuration change only. Specifically, in.github/workflows/go.yml, insert:immediately after line 1 (
name: Go CI / Test / Lint).Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.