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From: naveensrinivasan <172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 00:42:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Set permissions for GitHub actions
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- Included permissions for the action. https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#token-permissions

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#permissions

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs

[Keeping your GitHub Actions and workflows secure Part 1: Preventing pwn requests](https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-preventing-pwn-requests/)

> Restrict the GitHub token permissions only to the required ones; this way, even if the attackers will succeed in compromising your workflow, they won’t be able to do much.

https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/github-privilege-escalation-vulnerability

Signed-off-by: naveensrinivasan <172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/ruby.yml  | 3 +++
 .github/workflows/stale.yml | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
index 5f84887ae..c723c7c09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   test:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 00b048ff4..ac62bdd4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ on:
   schedule:
   - cron: "30 1 * * *"
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   stale:
 
+    permissions:
+      issues: write  # for actions/stale to close stale issues
+      pull-requests: write  # for actions/stale to close stale PRs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps: