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Potential fix for https://github.com/AlexJSully/Small-Dev-Talk/security/code-scanning/63

To fix the problem, add an explicit permissions block to the workflow or the job to limit the permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to the minimum necessary. Since this Markdown lint job does not need any write access to the repository, you should add permissions: contents: read as either a top-level key (applies to all jobs) or at the job level. Since there is only one job, both approaches work, but top-level is preferable for simplicity and is the most common practice. Edit .github/workflows/markdown-lint.yaml to insert the following after the name: line and before on: (i.e., after line 1).

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Pull Request Overview

This PR addresses a security code scanning alert by adding explicit permissions to the GitHub Actions workflow to limit the GITHUB_TOKEN scope to the minimum necessary permissions.

  • Adds a top-level permissions block with contents: read to restrict the workflow's token permissions
  • Follows security best practices by implementing the principle of least privilege for GitHub Actions

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@AlexJSully AlexJSully marked this pull request as ready for review August 23, 2025 01:58
@AlexJSully AlexJSully merged commit aa8ad12 into master Aug 23, 2025
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@AlexJSully AlexJSully deleted the alert-autofix-63 branch August 23, 2025 02:00
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