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GitHub Actions SHA Pinning: A Practical Security Review Checklist
Review GitHub Actions supply-chain risk with full commit-SHA pins, least-privilege permissions, and a repeatable pull-request checklist.
GitHub Copilot App Access Policy: An Enterprise Security Review Checklist
Review GitHub Copilot app access policies, managed settings, client separation, repository scope, and rollback evidence before enterprise rollout.
Copilot Code Review Agent Skills and MCP: A Security Review Checklist
A practical security review checklist for Copilot code review agent skills and MCP tools, with bounded permissions and human approval.
GitHub Actions Workflow Approval Holds: A Security Review Checklist
GitHub now holds certain potentially malicious GitHub Actions runs for approval in public repositories. Use this bounded review checklist before approving a held workflow.
GitHub Actions Self-Repository Actions: Security Review Checklist
GitHub has added a shorter way to reference an action or reusable workflow that lives in the same repository. The new self-repository syntax starts…
CodeQL Action v4.37.4: Review Custom Tool Selection and Bundle Updates
A practical review checklist for CodeQL Action v4.37.4: verify repository-property tool selection, Advanced Setup precedence, the CodeQL 2.26.2 bundle, and least-privilege workflow evidence.
CodeQL 2.26.1: A Security Review Checklist for New Analysis Coverage
Review CodeQL 2.26.1 coverage changes, compare SARIF outputs, and retest affected security paths without overclaiming static-analysis results.
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