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What

Adds audit-action-pins.yml, a reusable workflow (also run on dev-kit's PRs) that runs zizmor's online audits and fails on impostor commits and on version comments that don't match their SHA. On pull requests it only fails on pins the PR adds or changes; a workflow_dispatch run audits every pin.

Closes #47

Why

update-action-pins only checks that actions are pinned to a SHA, not whether that SHA can be trusted.

A pinned SHA's code never changes, so a finding on a pin the PR doesn't touch means upstream moved a tag. Auditing every pin would block every PR until it's fixed, e.g. on each release of cachix/cachix-action, which moves v17.

known-vulnerable-actions, which #47 asks for, is left out: Renovate bumps vulnerable pins, a bump that is still vulnerable would block the automerged patch & digest group, and an advisory without a fixed version would only block merges. Advisories on existing pins call for alerting, not a merge gate.

Testing

Test cases in the script.

Notes for reviewers

• Stacked on feat: fail when an action pin's SHA changes under the same version #64, whose comment rule makes sure zizmor checks every pin's comment against its SHA.

Checklist

• Tests added/updated, or confirmed that no tests are required
• No breaking changes, or upgrade path documented above
• Readable commit history (squashed and cleaned up as desired)
• AI code review considered and comments resolved

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added automated auditing for GitHub Actions pins, detecting impostor commits and version mismatches.
  • Pull requests evaluate findings on changed or added lines; manual and other runs audit all findings.
  • Added the auditing tool to the development environment.

• Documentation

  • Documented the new workflow, status check, and recommended setup for new repositories.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for report parsing, changed-line filtering, path handling, and failure scenarios.

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📝 Walkthrough

Adds a reusable workflow that runs zizmor against workflow and action pins. Pull-request audits consider findings on changed lines. Manual and reusable-workflow runs audit all findings. The workflow fails on impostor-commit and ref-version-mismatch findings.

Changes: Action Pin Audit

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workflow entry and audit scope .github/workflows/audit-action-pins.yml, README.md, docs/NEW_REPO.md	Adds pull request, reusable-workflow, and manual triggers. Pull-request runs identify changed workflow and action lines. Documentation describes the workflow and adds its required status check.
Install and run zizmor flake.nix, .github/workflows/audit-action-pins.yml	Adds zizmor to the development shell. The workflow installs Nix and runs zizmor with a GitHub token.
Filter findings and test audit behavior .github/workflows/audit-action-pins.yml, scripts/test-audit-action-pins.sh, .github/workflows/test-actions.yml	Validates the zizmor report and filters for impostor-commit and ref-version-mismatch findings. Adds tests for report filtering, changed-line extraction, and error cases.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: High

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHub
  participant AuditWorkflow as audit-action-pins.yml
  participant TargetRepository
  participant zizmor
  GitHub->>AuditWorkflow: Start on pull request
  AuditWorkflow->>TargetRepository: Check out target repository
  AuditWorkflow->>TargetRepository: Identify changed workflow and action lines
  AuditWorkflow->>zizmor: Run audit with GitHub token
  zizmor-->>AuditWorkflow: Return JSON findings
  AuditWorkflow->>AuditWorkflow: Validate report and filter findings
  AuditWorkflow-->>GitHub: Report success or fail

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Suggested reviewers: dermorz, alexhardatwork

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d6e60

A pull request can introduce a vulnerable action pin without failing the required audit. Include that finding in the blocking filter before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue [#47] requires the reusable workflow to fail on impostor-commit, ref-version-mismatch, and known-vulnerable-actions, and on no other zizmor findings. The workflow runs with GH_TOKEN, sup…	Update the workflow filter to fail on known-vulnerable-actions as required by [#47]. Add or update automated tests for this finding and retain the rule that unrelated zizmor findings do not fail the job.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: auditing action pins for impostor commits and mismatched version comments.
Out of Scope Changes check		The reviewed changes support the workflow requested by [#47]. The workflow implementation, changed-line test script, test-job integration, zizmor package availability, and adoption documentation all…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 1 files. (5 skipped: 5 …
Description check		The pull request includes all required template sections, links issue #47, explains the motivation, identifies the testing approach, documents reviewer notes, and completes the checklist. The Testing …

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The reviewed changes support the workflow requested by [#47]. The workflow implementation, changed-line test script, test-job integration, zizmor package availability, and adoption documentation all connect to the requested reusable audit and its use on dev-kit pull requests. No unrelated change is established by the available evidence.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 1 files. (5 skipped: 5 unsupported.)

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The pull request includes all required template sections, links issue #47, explains the motivation, identifies the testing approach, documents reviewer notes, and completes the checklist. The Testing section is brief but sufficient for a mostly complete description.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue [#47] requires the reusable workflow to fail on impostor-commit, ref-version-mismatch, and known-vulnerable-actions, and on no other zizmor findings. The workflow runs with GH_TOKEN, supports workflow_call, pull_request, and workflow_dispatch, and filters findings to impostor-commit and ref-version-mismatch. Its jq filter does not select known-vulnerable-actions. The current PR description confirms that this audit is intentionally omitted.

Resolution

Update the workflow filter to fail on known-vulnerable-actions as required by [#47]. Add or update automated tests for this finding and retain the rule that unrelated zizmor findings do not fail the job.

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/audit-action-pins.yml:
- Around line 133-139: Update the jq blocking filter in the audit workflow to
retain findings with ident "known-vulnerable-actions" alongside
"impostor-commit" and "ref-version-mismatch", and update the filter test to
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