ci(security): add CodeQL static analysis - #63
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CodeQL ran in three of twelve fleet repos. This repo was not one of them, so
nothing read its source for injection, unsafe patterns or over-broad workflow
permissions -- cargo audit, cargo deny and OSV all read the dependency list
rather than the code.
Two jobs, matching the fleet form:
analyze-actions scans the workflow definitions themselves -- untrusted
input reaching a run block, permissions wider than needed,
unpinned references. Applies to any repo with workflows.
analyze-rust scans the crate source.
Copied from aletheia rather than from workflow/templates/ci/codeql.yml, which
is the stalest copy of this file in the fleet (kanon#3644). The template carries
no timeout-minutes on either job -- so a hung CodeQL run reaches GitHub's
six-hour default -- pins an older actions/checkout, and sets `permissions: {}`
where aletheia states an explicit default-deny with its reasoning attached.
Sourcing eight repos from the template would have planted those three
regressions everywhere at once.
Asserted before writing that every job carries a timeout, because that is the
specific thing the template is missing and the specific thing nobody notices
until a job has been running for six hours.
Free on a public repository, and scheduled weekly rather than per-PR so it adds
no latency to the merge path.
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CodeQL ran in three of twelve fleet repos. This one was not among them, so nothing read its source for injection paths, unsafe patterns, or over-broad workflow permissions —
cargo audit,cargo denyand OSV all read the dependency list, not the code.What this adds
analyze-actionsrunblock, permissions wider than needed, unpinned referencesanalyze-rustScheduled weekly plus on push to
main, so it adds no latency to the merge path. Free on a public repository.Sourced from aletheia, not from the template
workflow/templates/ci/codeql.ymlis the stalest copy of this file in the fleet (kanon#3644). It differs from aletheia's live version in three ways, all regressions:timeout-minuteson either job. A hung CodeQL run reaches GitHub's six-hour default.actions/checkoutpin — v6 where aletheia is on v7.0.1.permissions: {}where aletheia states an explicitcontents: readdefault-deny with the reasoning attached.Copying the template into eight repos would have planted those three regressions everywhere at once. The rollout script asserts every job carries a
timeout-minutesbefore writing — that being the specific thing the template lacks, and the specific thing nobody notices until a job has been running six hours.Part of a fleet-wide pass
Eight public repos are getting this.
typikonanddioptrontakeanalyze-actionsalone — they carry no Cargo manifest, so a Rust scan would analyse nothing and fail looking for a build.gnomonis skipped: it is private and its Actions minutes are exhausted (kanon#3638), so it would gain nothing today.