Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 22: Workflow does not contain permissions#1159
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Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 22: Workflow does not contain permissions#1159
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…in permissions Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Chris Wagner <jwag.wagner@gmail.com>
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Potential fix for https://github.com/pallets-eco/flask-security/security/code-scanning/22
To remediate the issue, you should add an explicit
permissionsblock to the workflow. The best place to add this is at the top/root level of the workflow YAML (just undername:oron:). This ensures all jobs inherit minimized permissions unless more are needed, in which case an individual job can override with a more permissive block. For typical testing and CI workflows like this one (which do not push code, modify pull requests, or require write access), the least privilege needed is usuallycontents: read. No code-functional changes or dependency changes are necessary; just add:at the workflow root, ideally after the
name:field. If any job (such as uploading artifacts or commenting on PRs) requires more, its permissions can be expanded at the job level. In this case, the Codecov upload does not require repository write; its authentication is via the Codecov token.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.