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Unpinned floating tags (e.g. `v4`) on immutable Actions are not flagged by `actions/unpinned-tag`

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**Description of the issue**

The `actions/unpinned-tag` query (`actions/ql/src/Security/CWE-829/UnpinnedActionsTag.ql`) exempts any Action on the immutable-actions allow list from the unpinned-tag warning, regardless of the ref used. The exclusion is version-independent:

```ql
not exists(UsesStep step | uses = step and isImmutableAction(step, nwo))
```

and `isImmutableAction` (`actions/ql/lib/codeql/actions/security/UseOfUnversionedImmutableAction.qll`) only checks membership in `immutableActionsDataModel(nwo)`; it never inspects the version.

**Why this is a gap**

GitHub's immutability guarantee only applies to fully-expanded SemVer release tags (`vX.Y.Z`) and full commit SHAs. Floating tags such as `v4`, `v4.0` and `main` remain mutable: maintainers move them to the latest matching release, so they can change under a consumer exactly like any other tag. See [Using immutable releases and tags to manage your action's releases](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/create-and-publish-actions/using-immutable-releases-and-tags-to-manage-your-actions-releases).

As a result, a reference like `actions/checkout@v2` is flagged by neither query:

- `UnpinnedActionsTag` skips it because `actions/checkout` is on the immutable list.
- `UnversionedImmutableAction` skips it because its `isSemVer` predicate accepts a bare major tag like `v2`.

So a genuinely mutable floating tag on an immutable Action goes unwarned.

**Suggested direction**

Narrow the exemption so an immutable Action is only exempt when pinned to a full `vX.Y.Z` (or a SHA), for example:

```ql
not (isImmutableAction(step, nwo) and isFullSemVer(version))
```

with an `isFullSemVer` stricter than the current `isSemVer` (which also matches floating `vX` and `vX.Y`). This would need care because the immutable-action model is shared with the experimental `UnversionedImmutableAction` query, and it would increase alert volume for consumers pinning immutable Actions to floating major tags, so it deserves its own change note and review.

Filed as a follow-up to #22409 (which is scoped to the trusted-owner allow list and does not address this).

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Lee actions/ql/src/Security/CWE-829/UnpinnedActionsTag.ql y actions/ql/lib/codeql/actions/security/UseOfUnversionedImmutableAction.qll, empezando por isImmutableAction y el predicado SemVer existente. Se considera terminado cuando las etiquetas vX.Y.Z completas y los SHAs completos siguen estando exentos, mientras que se informan las referencias flotantes como vX y vX.Y, con la nota de cambio requerida incluida.

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Error
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