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Pin the googleapis/release-please-action to a full commit SHA for improved supply chain security. ## Changes - Updated `googleapis/release-please-action@v4` to use full commit SHA `7987652d64b4f86e094c6b42e1f2e99a6e019e3a` (v4.1.3) - Added version comment for maintainability ## Why Pinning GitHub Actions to a full commit SHA is a security best practice. Version tags like `v4` are mutable and can be updated by the repository owner at any time. By pinning to a specific commit SHA, we ensure the action code cannot change unexpectedly, mitigating the risk of supply chain attacks where a bad actor could inject malicious code into a tagged release. ## Semgrep Finding Details An action sourced from a third-party repository on GitHub is not pinned to a full length commit SHA. Pinning an action to a full length commit SHA is currently the only way to use an action as an immutable release. Pinning to a particular SHA helps mitigate the risk of a bad actor adding a backdoor to the action's repository, as they would need to generate a SHA-1 collision for a valid Git object payload. @pkaeding@launchdarkly.com requested Semgrep Assistant generate this pull request to fix [a finding](https://semgrep.dev/orgs/launchdarkly/findings/726909399).
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Pin the googleapis/release-please-action to a full commit SHA for improved supply chain security.
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googleapis/release-please-action@v4to use full commit SHA7987652d64b4f86e094c6b42e1f2e99a6e019e3a(v4.1.3)Why
Pinning GitHub Actions to a full commit SHA is a security best practice. Version tags like
v4are mutable and can be updated by the repository owner at any time. By pinning to a specific commit SHA, we ensure the action code cannot change unexpectedly, mitigating the risk of supply chain attacks where a bad actor could inject malicious code into a tagged release.Semgrep Finding Details
An action sourced from a third-party repository on GitHub is not pinned to a full length commit SHA. Pinning an action to a full length commit SHA is currently the only way to use an action as an immutable release. Pinning to a particular SHA helps mitigate the risk of a bad actor adding a backdoor to the action's repository, as they would need to generate a SHA-1 collision for a valid Git object payload.
@pkaeding@launchdarkly.com requested Semgrep Assistant generate this pull request to fix a finding.
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Low Risk
Low risk: this only changes the GitHub Actions workflow dependency reference, reducing supply-chain risk without altering application/runtime logic.
Overview
Updates the
release-pleaseGitHub Actions workflow to use a fully pinnedgoogleapis/release-please-actioncommit SHA (annotated as v4.4.0) rather than the floatingv4tag, improving supply-chain immutability.Written by Cursor Bugbot for commit c3e7e74. This will update automatically on new commits. Configure here.