[StepSecurity] Apply security best practices

[step-security-bot]

Summary

This pull request is created by Secure Repo at the request of @RafaelGSS. Please merge the Pull Request to incorporate the requested changes. Please tag @RafaelGSS on your message if you have any questions related to the PR. You can also engage with the StepSecurity team by tagging @step-security-bot.

Refs: nodejs/security-wg#859

Security Fixes

Least Privileged GitHub Actions Token Permissions

The GITHUB_TOKEN is an automatically generated secret to make authenticated calls to the GitHub API. GitHub recommends setting minimum token permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN.

• GitHub Security Guide
• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Security Guide

Pinned Dependencies

GitHub Action tags and Docker tags are mutatble. This poses a security risk. GitHub's Security Hardening guide recommends pinning actions to full length commit.

• GitHub Security Guide
• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Security Guide

Keeping your actions up to date with Dependabot

With Dependabot version updates, when Dependabot identifies an outdated dependency, it raises a pull request to update the manifest to the latest version of the dependency. This is recommended by GitHub as well as The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF).

• GitHub Security Guide
• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Security Guide

Detect Vulnerabilities with SAST Workflow

Static Code Analysis (also known as Source Code Analysis) is usually performed as part of a Code Review (also known as clear-box testing) and is carried out at the Implementation phase of a Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). Static Code Analysis commonly refers to the running of Static Code Analysis tools that attempt to highlight possible vulnerabilities within ‘static’ (non-running) source code by using techniques such as Taint Analysis and Data Flow Analysis.

• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Security Guide
• OWASP Static Code Analysis
• Github Guide For Code Scanning

Secure Dockerfiles

Pin image tags to digests in Dockerfiles. With the Docker v2 API release, it became possible to use digests in place of tags when pulling images or to use them in FROM lines in Dockerfiles.

• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Security Guide

Add OpenSSF Scorecard Workflow

OpenSSF Scorecard is an automated tool that assesses a number of important heuristics ("checks") associated with software security and assigns each check a score of 0-10. You can use these scores to understand specific areas to improve in order to strengthen the security posture of your project.

Scorecard workflow also allows maintainers to display a Scorecard badge on their repository to show off their hard work.

• The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Scorecard

Feedback

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Signed-off-by: StepSecurity Bot [email protected]

[RafaelGSS]

I wonder if this makes sense...

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[RafaelGSS]

@nodejs/build would it make sense to do this repo? This is part of our security initiative (ossf scorecard)