Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 3: Workflow does not contain permissions#1
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Potential fix for https://github.com/ReuelAlbert-Dev/WSL/security/code-scanning/3
In general, the fix is to explicitly declare restricted GITHUB_TOKEN permissions in the workflow, either at the root level (for all jobs) or at the job level (for a specific job). Since this workflow has a single job and only needs to read repository contents, we can set
contents: readon that job.Best minimal fix without changing existing functionality:
.github/workflows/modern-distributions.yml.jobs:, inside thecheck:job (same indentation level asruns-on:), add apermissions:block.contents: read, which is sufficient foractions/checkout@v4and for reading the repo during validation.Concretely, add:
between
runs-on: ubuntu-latestandsteps:.No additional imports, methods, or other definitions are needed since this is a GitHub Actions YAML configuration change only.
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