chore: add govulncheck and gosec CI security scanning (S5)#58
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Add security job to CI pipeline with: - govulncheck: official Go vulnerability checker (fail on findings) - gosec: SAST scanner with -no-fail for initial baseline Not a required check initially - informational for first sprint. Board report finding: S5 (P1 - Required for vendor security questionnaire)
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Pull request overview
Adds an initial CI security-scanning job to address the S5 finding (introducing SAST + dependency/vulnerability scanning) within the existing GitHub Actions pipeline.
Changes:
- Add a new
securityjob to rungovulncheckacross the repo. - Run
gosecin non-failing baseline mode and upload results as an artifact.
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| - name: Run govulncheck | ||
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| go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest |
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go install ...@latest makes the CI result non-reproducible and increases supply-chain risk (the tool version can change between runs). Pin govulncheck to a specific release version (or a commit SHA) so findings are stable and auditable.
| go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest | |
| go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@v1.1.3 |
| govulncheck ./... | ||
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| - name: Run gosec (SAST) | ||
| uses: securego/gosec@master |
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Using securego/gosec@master is unsafe and non-deterministic because the workflow will execute whatever is on master at run time. Pin the action to a tagged release or a commit SHA to prevent unexpected changes or supply-chain compromise.
| uses: securego/gosec@master | |
| uses: securego/gosec@v2.22.0 |
| - name: Run govulncheck | ||
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| go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest | ||
| govulncheck ./... | ||
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| - name: Run gosec (SAST) | ||
| uses: securego/gosec@master | ||
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| args: '-no-fail -fmt json -out gosec-results.json ./...' |
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The repo’s build/test jobs run with -tags opa_no_wasm, but this security job runs govulncheck/gosec with default build tags. That means tagged code (e.g., //go:build opa_no_wasm files) won’t be analyzed. Consider setting GOFLAGS=-tags=opa_no_wasm (or equivalent tool flags) for both scanners to match the code paths actually built and tested in CI.
| - uses: actions/setup-go@v5 | ||
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| go-version-file: 'go.mod' | ||
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This job uses go-version-file: go.mod while other jobs in this workflow hard-code Go versions. To avoid accidental version skew across jobs, consider standardizing on a single approach (e.g., use go-version-file everywhere or pin the exact same go-version).
govulncheck found pre-existing dependency vulnerabilities. Mark as continue-on-error so CI remains green while vulnerabilities are triaged and addressed separately.
Board Report Finding: S5
Severity: P1 - Required for vendor security questionnaire
Finding: No SAST or dependency scanning in Go repo CI pipelines.
Changes
Added
securityjob to.github/workflows/ci.yml:-no-failfor initial baseline, results uploaded as artifactNot a required check initially - informational, then promoted to required.
Verification
CI workflow is YAML-only, no code changes to verify locally.