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ci: pin workflow actions to commit SHAs (audit MD-28) - #81

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What

Every external action used by the fork's own CI/deploy chain is now pinned to the latest in-major release SHA (version kept as a trailing comment):

  • deploy-docker.yml + deploy-api-v2-docker.yml (hold packages:write): checkout, setup-buildx, login-action, build-push-action
  • check-types.yml / lint.yml / unit-tests.yml: checkout
  • composite actions yarn-install + cache-checkout: checkout, cache, cache/restore, setup-node

No major-version jumps (checkout stays v4.x line, build-push stays v6.x, etc.) - SHAs were resolved from the latest release within the major each workflow already used.

Why: mutable tags mean a compromised upstream release could hijack the pipeline that publishes production images (audit MD-28 / HI-12 remainder).

Evidence

  • SHAs resolved via the GitHub API (annotated tags dereferenced to commit SHAs); trailing comments carry the exact version for future bumps.
  • Verified no unpinned uses: @vN entries remain in the touched files.
  • Fork CI runs on this PR with the pinned chain.

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The fork's CI and Docker-publish chain (which holds packages:write)
referenced actions by mutable major tags, so a compromised upstream
release could hijack the pipeline. Every external action used by the
fork's own chain (deploy-docker, deploy-api-v2-docker, check-types,
lint, unit-tests and the yarn-install/cache-checkout composite actions)
is now pinned to the latest in-major release SHA with the version kept
in a trailing comment. No major-version jumps.
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This pull request pins GitHub Actions to specific commit SHAs in the cache-checkout and yarn-install composite actions. However, the reviewer identified several critical issues: a 46-character invalid commit SHA was used across multiple cache actions, an invalid SHA was used for the setup-node action, and several referenced action versions do not exist or are mismatched. It is recommended to update these to valid 40-character SHAs and correct version tags to prevent workflow failures.

steps:
- name: Cache git checkout
uses: actions/cache@v4
uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.3.0

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The commit SHA 0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is 46 characters long, which is syntactically invalid for a Git commit SHA (must be exactly 40 characters). This will cause the GitHub Actions workflow to fail to resolve the action. Additionally, actions/cache does not have a v4.3.0 release (the latest is v4.2.2). Please use a valid 40-character commit SHA corresponding to an actual release, such as d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/cache@d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 # v4.2.0

Comment thread .github/actions/yarn-install/action.yml Outdated
- name: Check yarn cache (lookup-only)
if: ${{ inputs.skip-install-if-cache-hit == 'true' }}
uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
uses: actions/cache/restore@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.3.0

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critical

The commit SHA 0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is 46 characters long, which is syntactically invalid for a Git commit SHA. This will cause the workflow to fail. Please use a valid 40-character commit SHA corresponding to an actual release of actions/cache/restore, such as d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/cache/restore@d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 # v4.2.0

Comment thread .github/actions/yarn-install/action.yml Outdated
- name: Check node_modules cache (lookup-only)
if: ${{ inputs.skip-install-if-cache-hit == 'true' }}
uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
uses: actions/cache/restore@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.3.0

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critical

The commit SHA 0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is 46 characters long, which is syntactically invalid. Please use a valid 40-character commit SHA corresponding to an actual release of actions/cache/restore, such as d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/cache/restore@d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 # v4.2.0

Comment thread .github/actions/yarn-install/action.yml Outdated
- name: Check yarn install state cache (lookup-only)
if: ${{ inputs.skip-install-if-cache-hit == 'true' }}
uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
uses: actions/cache/restore@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.3.0

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critical

The commit SHA 0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is 46 characters long, which is syntactically invalid. Please use a valid 40-character commit SHA corresponding to an actual release of actions/cache/restore, such as d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/cache/restore@d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 # v4.2.0

Comment thread .github/actions/yarn-install/action.yml Outdated
- name: Restore yarn cache
if: ${{ inputs.skip-install-if-cache-hit != 'true' || steps.all-caches-check.outputs.all-hit != 'true' }}
uses: actions/cache@v4
uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.3.0

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critical

The commit SHA 0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is 46 characters long, which is syntactically invalid. Please use a valid 40-character commit SHA corresponding to an actual release of actions/cache, such as d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/cache@d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 # v4.2.0

Comment thread .github/actions/yarn-install/action.yml Outdated
if: ${{ inputs.skip-install-if-cache-hit != 'true' || steps.all-caches-check.outputs.all-hit != 'true' }}
id: yarn-nm-cache
uses: actions/cache@v4
uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.3.0

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critical

The commit SHA 0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is 46 characters long, which is syntactically invalid. Please use a valid 40-character commit SHA corresponding to an actual release of actions/cache, such as d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/cache@d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 # v4.2.0

Comment thread .github/actions/yarn-install/action.yml Outdated
if: ${{ inputs.skip-install-if-cache-hit != 'true' || steps.all-caches-check.outputs.all-hit != 'true' }}
id: yarn-install-state-cache
uses: actions/cache@v4
uses: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.3.0

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The commit SHA 0057852bfaa89a56745cba8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is 46 characters long, which is syntactically invalid. Please use a valid 40-character commit SHA corresponding to an actual release of actions/cache, such as d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/cache@d930a002631305090c8b0166dd7b71dce4d21261 # v4.2.0

steps:
- name: Use Node ${{ inputs.node_version }}
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0

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high

The commit SHA 49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 is invalid and does not correspond to any release of actions/setup-node. Additionally, v4.4.0 does not exist for actions/setup-node (the latest is v4.2.0). Please use a valid commit SHA, such as 1d71962b49693772fb9c9f966958fc8f86c4cd87 for v4.2.0.

      uses: actions/setup-node@1d71962b49693772fb9c9f966958fc8f86c4cd87 # v4.2.0

- name: Checkout PR code (on cache miss)
if: steps.cache-checkout.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
uses: actions/checkout@v4
uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4.4.0

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medium

The comment indicates version v4.4.0, but the commit SHA 11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 actually corresponds to v4.2.2 (as v4.4.0 does not exist for actions/checkout). Please update the comment to correctly reflect the version as v4.2.2 to avoid confusion.

      uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4.2.2

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JOY (JOY) merged commit 1e94565 into dev Sep 19, 2026
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docs(audit): record Round 7 - actions pinned to SHAs (PR #81)
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