Limit permissions available to GitHub Actions workflows#7132
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Limit permissions available to GitHub Actions workflows#7132
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Move permissions to job level to avoid accidental exposure. See https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/c22063e786c11f9dd714d777a687ff7c4599b600/docs/checks.md#token-permissions
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Summary
This PR implements the suggestions from the Token Permissions check of the OSSF scorecard, by setting the top-level permissions of the workflows to
content: "read"and only specifying higher permissions at the job level.It also sets up a token to use by the OSSF scorecard action to read branch protection policies.