VNX-GH-008: Excessive token permissions
The token is granted write-all, or write scopes at workflow level that every job inherits.
write-all grants every scope including actions, packages, pages and id-token. Workflow-level write scopes apply to every job, including jobs that run untrusted code or third-party actions.
| Severity | Medium |
| Confidence | high |
| CWE | CWE-250, CWE-732 |
| Command | vulnetix gha workflows, vulnetix gha audit |
Remediation
Use permissions: {} at the workflow level and grant each job only the specific scopes it needs.
Run only this rule
vulnetix gha workflows --rule VNX-GH-008Scoring
CWSS vector at the rule’s default severity: CWSS:1.0/TI:H/AP:A/AL:A/IC:N/FC:LT/RP:N/RL:A/AV:I/AS:N/IN:A/SC:A/BI:H/DI:M/EX:L/EC:N/P:W. A finding whose severity the repository’s settings moved is scored at its adjusted severity.
All rules: GitHub rules.