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GitHub Workflows security hardening #529

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This PR adds explicit permissions section to workflows. This is a security best practice because by default workflows run with extended set of permissions (except from on: pull_request from external forks). By specifying any permission explicitly all others are set to none. By using the principle of least privilege the damage a compromised workflow can do (because of an injection or compromised third party tool or action) is restricted.
It is recommended to have most strict permissions on the top level and grant write permissions on job level case by case.

Signed-off-by: Alex <aleksandrosansan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex <aleksandrosansan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex <aleksandrosansan@gmail.com>
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facebook-github-bot pushed a commit to facebook/hhvm that referenced this pull request Sep 28, 2022
Summary:
This PR adds explicit [permissions section](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#permissions) to workflows. This is a security best practice because by default workflows run with [extended set of permissions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#permissions-for-the-github_token) (except from `on: pull_request` [from external forks](https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-preventing-pwn-requests/)). By specifying any permission explicitly all others are set to none. By using the principle of least privilege the damage a compromised workflow can do (because of an [injection](https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-untrusted-input/) or compromised third party tool or action) is restricted.
It is recommended to have [most strict permissions on the top level](https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#token-permissions) and grant write permissions on [job level](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs) case by case.

X-link: facebook/fbthrift#529

Reviewed By: ParalaxRus

Differential Revision: D39866397

Pulled By: ParalaxRus

fbshipit-source-id: 3c921df4845618c2091be45e3702d4e639c7da46
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