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Organization owned immutable actions raise warning about unpinned 3rd party actions tag

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Description

This CodeQL warning is great, but its language specifically says 3rd party actions, but my actions are getting warnings even when they're immutable and owned by my organization.

https://github.com/github/codeql/blob/28b6aa8616a393ebb45186e3ba4df004a0f3ef4e/actions/ql/src/Security/CWE-829/UnpinnedActionsTag.ql#L1-L12

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Research direction

Start with actions/ql/src/Security/CWE-829/UnpinnedActionsTag.ql, especially lines 1-12 linked in the issue, and inspect how the warning describes organization-owned immutable actions. Reproduce or examine that case, then verify that the warning wording and behavior accurately match the affected actions.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
70/100

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