Mitigate pull_request_target privilege escalation#7616
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Hotfix — replaces pull_request_target with pull_request to stop granting write permissions and secrets to fork PRs. Some workflows will break; can be fixed properly later.
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This was a hole that needed to be addressed. I took the blind |
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Hotfix: replace
pull_request_targetwithpull_requestto stop granting write permissions and secret access to fork PRs.Some workflows will break (PR comments, labeling, deploy previews). Can be restored later with
workflow_run.https://securitylab.github.com/resources/github-actions-preventing-pwn-requests/
See also: #7555