* Initial plan
* chore(security): harden workflow permissions and pin Docker base image digests
Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/abhigyanpatwari/GitNexus/sessions/2ddc8f2b-7355-48cf-9a0b-c06df66c3f47
* fix(security): restore permissions: {} on publish + release-candidate workflows
These two release-publishing workflows had permissions: {} (the strictest valid form) before PR #1454, which replaced it with permissions: read-all. Every job in both files already declares its own permissions block, so the workflow-level default is only the safety net for future jobs added without one — read-all weakens that net for no benefit. Restore {} and the explanatory comment.
Scorecard's TokenPermissions check accepts both forms, so this preserves U9 compliance.
* fix(security): narrow permissions: read-all to contents: read on 13 workflows
PR #1454 added permissions: read-all to 13 workflows that previously had no top-level permissions block. read-all is Scorecard-compliant but unnecessarily broad — every job in scope only needs contents:read at the workflow level (job-level blocks already grant the writes that any job actually performs).
Snapshot of every job in the 13 workflows confirms contents:read is sufficient:
- ci.yml: quality/tests/scope-parity have explicit contents:read job blocks; save-pr-meta uses upload-artifact only (no token scopes needed); ci-status is pure shell.
- ci-e2e.yml, ci-quality.yml, ci-scope-parity.yml, ci-tests.yml: all jobs do checkout + npm + tsc/vitest/playwright/upload-artifact only; no API token scopes required.
- claude.yml, codeql.yml, dependency-review.yml, docker.yml, gitleaks.yml, pr-labeler.yml, trivy.yml, workflow-lint.yml: all jobs already declare their own job-level blocks (security-events:write, pull-requests:write, packages:write, etc.) so the workflow-level default does not gate them.
zizmor (--min-severity high) is clean on the resulting tree. Pre-existing medium findings (secrets-inherit, artipacked) are in unrelated workflows and untouched by this commit.
scorecard.yml also uses read-all but pre-existed PR #1454 and is deferred to a follow-up PR per the plan's scope boundary.
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Test fixtures are intentionally synthetic inputs (broken/unused code,
malformed samples) used to exercise the analyzer. Quality-tool findings
on them are noise, not real bugs — they were drowning out actionable
signal in the GitHub Security tab.
- CodeQL: add `**/test/fixtures/**` to paths-ignore in codeql.yml
- ESLint: add `gitnexus-web/test/fixtures/**` to global ignores
(the gitnexus/ counterpart was already ignored)
- Prettier: add `gitnexus-web/test/fixtures/` to .prettierignore
(same gap as ESLint)
Real test files (*.test.ts) remain in scope so genuine issues like
js/file-system-race and js/insecure-temporary-file in test code still
surface.
* ci(security): add CodeQL SAST workflow for JS/TS and Python
CodeQL analyzes both languages on PR, main push, and weekly schedule.
Findings upload to the Security tab as SARIF. Advisory only on
introduction; promote to required check after baseline triage.
Plan: docs/plans/2026-05-03-001-feat-automated-security-scans-plan.md (U1)
* ci(security): add Dependency Review PR gate
Blocks PRs introducing high+ severity dependency vulnerabilities.
Posts inline summary comment on failure. Required-check candidate
after one week of clean runs.
Plan: docs/plans/2026-05-03-001-feat-automated-security-scans-plan.md (U2)
* ci(security): add Gitleaks secret scanning
PR runs scan the diff; main pushes scan full history.
Defense-in-depth on top of GitHub native push protection
(documented as a recommended Settings toggle in SECURITY.md).
Plan: docs/plans/2026-05-03-001-feat-automated-security-scans-plan.md (U3)
* ci(security): add OpenSSF Scorecard workflow
Weekly + on main push. SARIF uploads to Security tab; public
badge URL resolves after first scheduled run lands.
Plan: docs/plans/2026-05-03-001-feat-automated-security-scans-plan.md (U4)
* ci(security): add zizmor workflow lint
Lints .github/workflows/** for known Actions security misconfigurations
(unpinned actions, dangerous interpolation, missing permissions).
Triggered only on PRs touching .github/**.
Plan: docs/plans/2026-05-03-001-feat-automated-security-scans-plan.md (U5)
* ci(security): add Trivy container image scanning
Builds Dockerfile.cli and Dockerfile.web, then scans images for
HIGH/CRITICAL CVEs. Findings record-only on Security tab; not
PR-blocking. Weekly schedule + main push for freshness.
Plan: docs/plans/2026-05-03-001-feat-automated-security-scans-plan.md (U6)
* docs(security): add SECURITY.md policy and Scorecard badge
Vulnerability disclosure policy points to GitHub Private Vulnerability
Reporting. Documents in-CI scans landed in this branch and recommended
admin actions for forks.
Plan: docs/plans/2026-05-03-001-feat-automated-security-scans-plan.md (U7)
* fix(review): apply autofix feedback
- CodeQL paths-ignore: replace brace expansion (parser.{c,js}) with two
explicit entries — CodeQL uses .gitignore-style globs that do NOT support
brace expansion, so the original pattern matched no files.
- Trivy: pin aquasecurity/trivy-action from @master to @0.28.0 — mutable
refs are a supply-chain risk and are exactly what zizmor (added in this
same plan) is meant to flag.
ce-code-review run: /tmp/compound-engineering/ce-code-review/20260503-104259-279c3bc4/
* docs(review): record residual review findings
ce-code-review autofix run flagged three downstream-resolver items
that are not blockers but should land before promoting any of the new
security workflows to required PR checks.
Source: /tmp/compound-engineering/ce-code-review/20260503-104259-279c3bc4/
* fix(ci-security): address all zizmor + dependency-review violations
Resolves all GitHub Advanced Security findings on PR #1297:
- Add 'persist-credentials: false' to actions/checkout in 5 workflows
(codeql, dependency-review, gitleaks, trivy, workflow-lint). Prevents
the GITHUB_TOKEN from persisting in .git/config for downstream steps
to read. Scorecard already had it.
- Pin every net-new third-party Action to a commit SHA (was: major-tag
refs flagged by zizmor as 'unpinned action reference'):
github/codeql-action -> v3.35.3 (0daab03)
actions/dependency-review-action -> v4.9.0 (2031cfc)
gitleaks/gitleaks-action -> v2.3.9 (ff98106)
ossf/scorecard-action -> v2.4.3 (4eaacf0)
docker/build-push-action -> v6.19.2 (10e90e3)
- Bump aquasecurity/trivy-action 0.28.0 -> 0.36.0 (ed142fd). Versions
< 0.35.0 are flagged by GHSA-69fq-xp46-6x23 (briefly compromised
supply chain). Caught by Dependency Review on the introducing PR.
- Pin pipx-installed zizmor to 1.24.1 (was unpinned 'pipx install
zizmor' resolving to latest at run time).
Removes the now-stale residual-findings doc since every item it
recorded is resolved on this branch.
* fix(ci-security): clear remaining zizmor findings
After landing the new security workflows, zizmor reported 5 high+
findings against pre-existing workflows (none introduced by this PR's
new files, all introduced by zizmor's wider scope). Resolved per
research at docs.zizmor.sh and PyO3/maturin issue #2425:
Real fixes (cache-poisoning):
- publish.yml + release-candidate.yml: add 'package-manager-cache:
false' to actions/setup-node. setup-node v5+ enables caching by
default when a packageManager field is present in package.json;
explicit opt-out keeps release installs hermetic and clears the
audit. Cost: ~30s slower per release run.
Documented exemptions (dangerous-triggers, .github/zizmor.yml):
- ci-report.yml: workflow_run is REQUIRED to post sticky comments
on fork PRs (forks have read-only GITHUB_TOKEN on pull_request).
- claude.yml: pull_request_target is required by claude-code-action
to access secrets and post fork-PR review comments. PR checkouts
pin fork HEAD SHA to mitigate TOCTOU.
- pr-labeler.yml: pull_request_target on the autolabel job needs
pull-requests:write. release-drafter runs with dry-run:true and
reads config from the BASE ref only.
Each exemption carries the documented mitigation in zizmor.yml.
workflow-lint.yml now passes --config to both the SARIF and the
gate invocations.
Local 'zizmor --config .github/zizmor.yml --min-severity high .'
reports: No findings to report. Good job!
