tighten github workflow permissions #7624
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Pull Request Overview
This PR tightens GitHub workflow permissions to improve security posture by implementing the principle of least privilege, as identified through security code scanning. The changes add explicit permission declarations to limit workflow access to only what's necessary for each job.
- Adds explicit
permissionsblocks to all workflow files with minimal required permissions - Updates trigger paths to include the workflow files themselves for better dependency tracking
- Grants
pull-requests: writepermission only where needed for PR operations
Reviewed Changes
Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 7 comments.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
.github/workflows/service.yml |
Adds read-only content permissions and includes workflow file in trigger paths |
.github/workflows/openapi.yml |
Adds read-only content permissions and expands trigger paths for configuration files |
.github/workflows/openapi-pr.yml |
Adds read-only content permissions plus PR write access for PR operations |
.github/workflows/ci.yml |
Adds read-only content permissions |
Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
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Jul 10, 2025
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Tightens CI permissions as per finds in https://github.com/couchbase/sync_gateway/security/code-scanning