Potential fixes for 2 code scanning alerts

[cinderellasecure]

Potential fixes for 2 code scanning alerts from the Copilot AutoFix: Missing Permissions in Workflows security campaign:

• https://github.com/github/g-emoji-element/security/code-scanning/3
  To fix this issue, we should explicitly add a permissions key to the workflow. The correct place is at the top level, before jobs:, if all jobs have the same minimal requirements, which is true in this workflow. This grants the minimal access (contents: read) needed for actions such as actions/checkout, while denying write permissions to the GITHUB_TOKEN. The change can be implemented by inserting the following lines immediately after the name: (or after the on: block, but before jobs:). This involves editing the file .github/workflows/nodejs.yml and inserting the permissions: block at line 2 (after the workflow name).

• https://github.com/github/g-emoji-element/security/code-scanning/2
  To fix this problem, we should explicitly set the required permissions at the root or job level within .github/workflows/publish.yml. Since the shown workflow simply checks out code, sets up Node, installs and tests, bumps versions, and releases to npm using a secret-authenticated token, it likely only requires read access to contents. The minimal safe permissions would thus be contents: read, which will explicitly lock down the default GITHUB_TOKEN scope to the minimum. This key should be added at the top level of the workflow file (directly after name: Publish), so it applies to all jobs that don't define their own permissions. No code outside the shown section needs changing.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR adds explicit permissions configuration to GitHub Actions workflows to follow the principle of least privilege. The changes restrict workflow permissions to read-only access to repository contents.

• Adds permissions block to workflow files
• Sets contents: read as the default permission level

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
.github/workflows/publish.yml	Adds read-only contents permission to the publish workflow
.github/workflows/nodejs.yml	Adds read-only contents permission to the Node CI workflow

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The publish workflow likely requires contents: write permission to create releases or publish artifacts. Setting contents: read may cause the workflow to fail when attempting to perform write operations. Verify that read-only access is sufficient for all jobs in this workflow, or add appropriate write permissions.

Suggested change

	contents: read
	contents: write