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Summary

This pull request is created by StepSecurity at the request of @Borda. Please merge the Pull Request to incorporate the requested changes. Please tag @Borda on your message if you have any questions related to the PR.

Security Fixes

Harden Runner

Harden-Runner is an open-source security agent for the GitHub-hosted runner to prevent software supply chain attacks. It prevents exfiltration of credentials, detects tampering of source code during build, and enables running jobs without sudo access. See how popular open-source projects use Harden-Runner here.

Harden runner usage

You can find link to view insights and policy recommendation in the build log

Please refer to documentation to find more details.

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With Dependabot version updates, when Dependabot identifies an outdated dependency, it raises a pull request to update the manifest to the latest version of the dependency.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).

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.

Add Dependency Review Workflow

The Dependency Review Workflow enforces dependency reviews on your pull requests. The action scans for vulnerable versions of dependencies introduced by package version changes in pull requests, and warns you about the associated security vulnerabilities. This gives you better visibility of what's changing in a pull request, and helps prevent vulnerabilities being added to your repository.

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.

Maintain Code Quality with Pre-Commit

Pre-commit is a framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks. Hooks can be any scripts, code, or binaries that run at any stage of the git workflow. Pre-commit hooks are useful for enforcing code quality, code formatting, and detecting security vulnerabilities.

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For bug reports, feature requests, and general feedback; please email support@stepsecurity.io. To create such PRs, please visit https://app.stepsecurity.io/securerepo.

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 78%. Comparing base (1170a90) to head (7bd008e).

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Pull request overview

This PR applies supply-chain security best practices across the repository’s tooling by hardening GitHub Actions runners, adding security/scanning workflows, and extending automated secret/dependency checks.

Changes:

  • Add Harden-Runner to existing GitHub Actions workflows to audit outbound network calls.
  • Introduce new security workflows: CodeQL scanning, OpenSSF Scorecard, and Dependency Review.
  • Add gitleaks to pre-commit and expand Dependabot updates to cover example requirements.txt files.

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Copilot reviewed 15 out of 15 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

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.pre-commit-config.yaml Adds gitleaks hook to pre-commit to detect secrets early.
.github/dependabot.yml Adds Dependabot pip update entries for multiple example directories.
.github/workflows/scorecards.yml New workflow to run OpenSSF Scorecard analysis and upload SARIF.
.github/workflows/codeql.yml New workflow to run CodeQL on Python for develop PRs/pushes + schedule.
.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml New workflow to run dependency review on pull requests.
.github/workflows/build-package.yml Adds Harden-Runner to build workflow.
.github/workflows/ci-build-docs.yml Adds Harden-Runner to docs build CI workflow.
.github/workflows/ci-check-links.yml Adds Harden-Runner to link-check workflow.
.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml Adds Harden-Runner to test workflow (including guardian job).
.github/workflows/clear-cache.yml Adds Harden-Runner to cache cleanup workflow.
.github/workflows/pr-conflict-labeler.yml Adds Harden-Runner to conflict labeler workflow.
.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml Adds Harden-Runner to docs publish workflow.
.github/workflows/publish-pre-release.yml Adds Harden-Runner to pre-release publish workflow.
.github/workflows/publish-release.yml Adds Harden-Runner to release publish workflow.
.github/workflows/publish-testpypi.yml Adds Harden-Runner to TestPyPI publish workflow.

egress-policy: audit

- name: "Checkout code"
uses: actions/checkout@v4
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This workflow uses actions/checkout@v4 (floating tag). Elsewhere in the repo actions/checkout is pinned to a commit SHA; consider pinning here as well to reduce supply-chain risk and keep workflow security posture consistent.

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uses: actions/checkout@v4
uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4

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uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: 'Dependency Review'
uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4
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Both actions/checkout@v4 and actions/dependency-review-action@v4 are referenced via moving tags. If the goal is supply-chain hardening, consider pinning these actions to commit SHAs (similar to how other workflows pin actions/checkout).

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uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: 'Dependency Review'
uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4
uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
- name: 'Dependency Review'
uses: actions/dependency-review-action@c9c05d8de6f8d8f982f050f4c6eaa0c1def81b1a # v4.3.5

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egress-policy: audit

- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v4
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This workflow uses actions/checkout@v4 (floating tag). Since other workflows in this repo pin actions/checkout to a commit SHA, consider pinning it here too for consistency and better supply-chain security.

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uses: actions/checkout@v4
uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7

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interval: daily

- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/heatmap_and_track
schedule:
interval: daily

- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/speed_estimation
schedule:
interval: daily

- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/time_in_zone
schedule:
interval: daily

- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/tracking
schedule:
interval: daily

- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/traffic_analysis
schedule:
interval: daily
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The new example pip Dependabot entries don’t specify target-branch: "develop" (and don’t set the commit-message prefix) like the existing root pip/github-actions entries. This will make Dependabot PRs for these example requirements target the repo default branch and use a different commit message format; consider adding the same target-branch and commit-message settings to all the new example entries for consistency and to avoid updates landing on the wrong branch.

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interval: daily
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/heatmap_and_track
schedule:
interval: daily
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/speed_estimation
schedule:
interval: daily
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/time_in_zone
schedule:
interval: daily
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/tracking
schedule:
interval: daily
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/traffic_analysis
schedule:
interval: daily
interval: daily
commit-message:
prefix: ⬆️
target-branch: "develop"
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/heatmap_and_track
schedule:
interval: daily
commit-message:
prefix: ⬆️
target-branch: "develop"
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/speed_estimation
schedule:
interval: daily
commit-message:
prefix: ⬆️
target-branch: "develop"
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/time_in_zone
schedule:
interval: daily
commit-message:
prefix: ⬆️
target-branch: "develop"
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/tracking
schedule:
interval: daily
commit-message:
prefix: ⬆️
target-branch: "develop"
- package-ecosystem: pip
directory: /examples/traffic_analysis
schedule:
interval: daily
commit-message:
prefix: ⬆️
target-branch: "develop"

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egress-policy: audit

- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v6
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actions/checkout is referenced via a moving version tag here, while other workflows in this repo pin actions/checkout to a specific commit SHA. For supply-chain hardening and consistency, consider switching this to the same pinned SHA used elsewhere (and keep the version comment).

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uses: actions/checkout@v6
uses: actions/checkout@<SAME_PINNED_COMMIT_SHA_USED_ELSEWHERE_IN_REPO> # v6

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