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Security: pin GitHub Actions to SHA hashes #4960

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
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Expand Up @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ jobs:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: actions/checkout@ee0669bd1cc54295c223e0bb666b733df41de1c5 # v2
with:
ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
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🔴 HIGH RISK

This workflow block presents two significant security issues:

  1. Incomplete SHA Pinning: The action ahmadnassri/action-dependabot-auto-merge@v2 (line 14) is still using a mutable version tag, which contradicts the security goals of this PR. It should be updated to a specific commit SHA.
  2. Privileged Execution Risk: Using pull_request_target while checking out the pull request's head branch (lines 11-13) is a high-severity vulnerability. It allows potentially untrusted code from a fork to run with write permissions and access to repository secrets.

Actionable Suggestions:

  • Update the auto-merge action to a SHA hash. Prompt for coding agent: Find the latest commit SHA for ahmadnassri/action-dependabot-auto-merge@v2 and update the uses statement in .github/workflows/auto-merge.yml to use that SHA, including the version as a comment (e.g., # v2).
  • Verify if actions/checkout is necessary. If the action only needs GITHUB_TOKEN for API calls, remove the checkout step and the ref parameter to eliminate the risk of executing untrusted code.

- uses: ahmadnassri/action-dependabot-auto-merge@v2
- uses: ahmadnassri/action-dependabot-auto-merge@45fc124d949b19b6b8bf6645b6c9d55f4f9ac61a # v2
with:
target: major
github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions .github/workflows/comment_issue.yml
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Check GitHub Issue type
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_COMMENT_AUTO == 'true'
id: github_issue_type
uses: actions/github-script@v2.0.0
uses: actions/github-script@6e5ee1dc1cb3740e5e5e76ad668e3f526edbfe45 # v2.0.0
with:
result-encoding: string
script: |
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- name: Check if GitHub Issue has JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_COMMENT_AUTO == 'true'
id: github_issue_has_jira_issue_label
uses: actions/github-script@v2.0.0
uses: actions/github-script@6e5ee1dc1cb3740e5e5e76ad668e3f526edbfe45 # v2.0.0
env:
JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL }}
with:
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- name: Jira Login
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_COMMENT_AUTO == 'true' && env.GITHUB_ISSUE_TYPE == 'issue' && env.GITHUB_ISSUE_HAS_JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL == 'true'
id: login
uses: atlassian/gajira-login@v2.0.0
uses: atlassian/gajira-login@90a599561baaf8c05b080645ed73db7391c246ed # v2.0.0
env:
GITHUB_ISSUE_TYPE: ${{ steps.github_issue_type.outputs.result }}
GITHUB_ISSUE_HAS_JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL: ${{ steps.github_issue_has_jira_issue_label.outputs.result }}
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- name: Extract Jira number
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_COMMENT_AUTO == 'true' && env.GITHUB_ISSUE_TYPE == 'issue' && env.GITHUB_ISSUE_HAS_JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL == 'true'
id: extract_jira_number
uses: actions/github-script@v2.0.0
uses: actions/github-script@6e5ee1dc1cb3740e5e5e76ad668e3f526edbfe45 # v2.0.0
env:
GITHUB_ISSUE_TYPE: ${{ steps.github_issue_type.outputs.result }}
GITHUB_ISSUE_HAS_JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL: ${{ steps.github_issue_has_jira_issue_label.outputs.result }}
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- name: Jira Add comment on issue
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_COMMENT_AUTO == 'true' && env.GITHUB_ISSUE_TYPE == 'issue' && env.GITHUB_ISSUE_HAS_JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL == 'true'
id: add_comment_jira_issue
uses: atlassian/gajira-comment@v2.0.2
uses: atlassian/gajira-comment@8ec356b5df49f1325653db7ee2da2b59a1d78203 # v2.0.2
env:
GITHUB_ISSUE_TYPE: ${{ steps.github_issue_type.outputs.result }}
GITHUB_ISSUE_HAS_JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL: ${{ steps.github_issue_has_jira_issue_label.outputs.result }}
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions .github/workflows/create_issue.yml
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Jira Login
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_ISSUE_AUTO == 'true'
id: login
uses: atlassian/gajira-login@v2.0.0
uses: atlassian/gajira-login@90a599561baaf8c05b080645ed73db7391c246ed # v2.0.0
env:
JIRA_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_BASE_URL }}
JIRA_USER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER_EMAIL }}
Expand All @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Jira Create issue
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_ISSUE_AUTO == 'true'
id: create_jira_issue
uses: atlassian/gajira-create@v2.0.1
uses: atlassian/gajira-create@c0a9c69ac9d6aa063fed57201e55336ada860183 # v2.0.1
with:
project: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PROJECT }}
issuetype: ${{ secrets.JIRA_ISSUE_TYPE }}
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- name: Update GitHub issue
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_ISSUE_AUTO == 'true'
uses: actions/github-script@v2.0.0
uses: actions/github-script@6e5ee1dc1cb3740e5e5e76ad668e3f526edbfe45 # v2.0.0
env:
JIRA_ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ steps.create_jira_issue.outputs.issue }}
GITHUB_ORIGINAL_TITLE: ${{ github.event.issue.title }}
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- name: Add comment after sync
if: env.JIRA_CREATE_ISSUE_AUTO == 'true'
uses: actions/github-script@v2.0.0
uses: actions/github-script@6e5ee1dc1cb3740e5e5e76ad668e3f526edbfe45 # v2.0.0
with:
github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
script: |
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions .github/workflows/create_issue_on_label.yml
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Jira Login
if: github.event.label.name == env.JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL
id: login
uses: atlassian/gajira-login@v2.0.0
uses: atlassian/gajira-login@90a599561baaf8c05b080645ed73db7391c246ed # v2.0.0
env:
JIRA_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_BASE_URL }}
JIRA_USER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER_EMAIL }}
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- name: Jira Create issue
if: github.event.label.name == env.JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL
id: create_jira_issue
uses: atlassian/gajira-create@v2.0.1
uses: atlassian/gajira-create@c0a9c69ac9d6aa063fed57201e55336ada860183 # v2.0.1
with:
project: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PROJECT }}
issuetype: ${{ secrets.JIRA_ISSUE_TYPE }}
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- name: Change Title
if: github.event.label.name == env.JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL
uses: actions/github-script@v2.0.0
uses: actions/github-script@6e5ee1dc1cb3740e5e5e76ad668e3f526edbfe45 # v2.0.0
env:
JIRA_ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ steps.create_jira_issue.outputs.issue }}
GITHUB_ORIGINAL_TITLE: ${{ github.event.issue.title }}
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- name: Add comment after sync
if: github.event.label.name == env.JIRA_ISSUE_LABEL
uses: actions/github-script@v2.0.0
uses: actions/github-script@6e5ee1dc1cb3740e5e5e76ad668e3f526edbfe45 # v2.0.0
with:
github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
script: |
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