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`.github/workflows/deploy_unified_header.yml` needs `permissions: contents: write`

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
82/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
ci-cd, security

Research direction

Open .github/workflows/deploy_unified_header.yml and inspect the job that performs git push. Add the requested contents write permission, then validate the workflow configuration and confirm the deployment push can still run after the repository's default GitHub Actions permissions become read-only.

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Description

Due to

https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/hackerbot-claw-github-actions-exploitation

we'll be changing the default GHA permissions for boostorg to read-only.

Since .github/workflows/deploy_unified_header.yml does git push, it will need to be updated to contain

permissions:
  contents:
    write

(https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/workflow-syntax#permissions)

I'd also recommend enabling branch protection, so that the master and develop branches can't be rewritten or deleted.

Dominant language
C++
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Forks
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PR merge metrics
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