Tighten GITHUB_TOKEN permissions (#4538)

* Tighten GITHUB_TOKEN permissions

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>

* Tighten GITHUB_TOKEN permissions

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>

* Iterate

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>

* Fix permission

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>

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Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>

Author: t3chguy

.github/workflows/backport.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
         branches:
             - develop
 
+permissions: {} # We use ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN instead
+
 jobs:
     backport:
         name: Backport

.github/workflows/docs-pr-netlify.yaml

@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ on:
         workflows: ["Static Analysis"]
         types:
             - completed
-
+permissions: {}
 jobs:
     netlify:
         if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request'
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        permissions:
+            actions: read
         steps:
             - name: 📥 Download artifact
               uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
               with:
-                  github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN }}
                   run-id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
                   name: docs
                   path: docs

.github/workflows/downstream-end-to-end-tests.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
     #
     #push:
     #    branches: [develop, master]
-
+permissions: {} # No permissions required
 concurrency:
     group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.run_id }}
     cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' }}

.github/workflows/notify-downstream.yaml

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
     push:
         branches: [develop]
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+permissions: {} # We use ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN instead
 jobs:
     notify-downstream:
         # Only respect triggers from our develop branch, ignore that of forks

.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
             ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN:
                 required: true
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+permissions: {} # We use ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN instead
 jobs:
     changelog:
         name: Preview Changelog

.github/workflows/release-drafter-workflow.yml

@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ on:
                 type: string
                 required: false
 concurrency: release-drafter-action
+permissions: {}
 jobs:
     draft:
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        permissions:
+            contents: write
         steps:
             - name: 🧮 Checkout code
               uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
         branches: [staging]
     workflow_dispatch: {}
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}
+permissions: {}
 jobs:
     draft:
+        permissions:
+            contents: write
         uses: matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/.github/workflows/release-drafter-workflow.yml@develop

.github/workflows/release-gitflow.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ on:
                 type: string
                 required: false
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}
+permissions: {} # Uses ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN
 jobs:
     merge:
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
+                  # We will be pushing to this branch and want the CI to run after we do so we cannot use the GITHUB_TOKEN
                   token: ${{ secrets.ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN }}
                   fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/release-make.yml

@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ on:
                 description: The number of expected assets, including signatures, excluding generated zip & tarball.
                 type: number
                 required: false
+permissions: {}
 jobs:
     release:
         name: Release
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
         environment: Release
+        permissions:
+            contents: write
         steps:
             - name: Load GPG key
               id: gpg
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   ref: staging
+                  # We will be pushing to this branch and want the CI to run after we do so we cannot use the GITHUB_TOKEN
                   token: ${{ secrets.ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN }}
                   fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -274,6 +278,8 @@ jobs:
         name: Post release steps
         needs: release
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        permissions:
+            issues: write
         steps:
             - id: repository
               run: echo "REPO=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.github/workflows/release-npm.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
             id:
                 description: "The npm package@version string we published"
                 value: ${{ jobs.npm.outputs.id }}
+permissions: {} # No permissions required
 jobs:
     npm:
         name: Publish to npm