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Pin every external action and reusable workflow to a full commit SHA

Rule
R-SEC-01
Forge scope
GitHub only
Fixed by
oss-harden

Tag and branch refs are mutable, so a compromised upstream tag changes what runs in your workflow without a diff in your repo.

Observable check

every external uses: line in .github/workflows/, including GitHub-owned actions and reusable workflows outside the current repository, resolves to a 40-character commit SHA.

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