Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 39: Workflow does not contain permissions

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Potential fix for https://github.com/alienx5499/SortVision/security/code-scanning/39

In general, the fix is to explicitly declare a permissions block either at the top of the workflow (applies to all jobs) or per job, reducing GITHUB_TOKEN to the minimal required scopes. For this workflow, both jobs (security-audit and dependency-review) only read repository contents and upload artifacts; they do not mutate repository state, issues, or pull requests. Therefore, setting permissions: contents: read at the workflow root is sufficient and simplest, and it will also directly address the specific CodeQL finding on the dependency-review job.

Concretely, in .github/workflows/security-scan.yml, add a root-level permissions section just after the name: Security Scan line and before the on: block. Set contents: read to restrict GITHUB_TOKEN to read-only access to repository contents (the minimal starting point recommended by CodeQL). No additional imports or methods are needed, since this is a YAML configuration change only. No other functional behavior of the workflow will change.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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Pull request overview

Adds an explicit minimal permissions block to the Security Scan GitHub Actions workflow to address code scanning alert #39 (“Workflow does not contain permissions”) by restricting the default GITHUB_TOKEN scope.

Changes:

• Declare workflow-level permissions with contents: read to ensure least-privilege defaults for all jobs.

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