Description

This PR adds minimum token permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN in GitHub Actions workflows using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows.

GitHub Actions workflows have a GITHUB_TOKEN with write access to multiple scopes.
Here is an example of the permissions in one of the workflows:
https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava/runs/8243359652?check_suite_focus=true#step:1:19

After this change, the scopes will be reduced to the minimum needed for the following workflows:

• gradle_release.yml
• gradle_snapshot.yml

The following workflow files already have the least privileged token permission set:

• gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
• gradle_branch.yml
• gradle_jdk11.yml
• gradle_pr.yml

Motivation and Context

• This is a security best practice, so if the GITHUB_TOKEN is compromised due to a vulnerability or compromised Action, the damage will be reduced.
• GitHub recommends defining minimum GITHUB_TOKEN permissions.
  https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#modifying-the-permissions-for-the-github_token
• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Scorecards also treats not setting token permissions as a high-risk issue. This change will help increase the Scorecard score for this repository.

Signed-off-by: Ashish Kurmi akurmi@stepsecurity.io