Security scan workflow (samber/mo)

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Source: samber/mo.github/workflows/security.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Security scan workflow from the samber/mo repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Security scan

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 3 * * 1'
  workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger

permissions:
  contents: read
  # required for codeql analysis
  security-events: write

jobs:
  # govulncheck:
  #   name: govulncheck
  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  #   strategy:
  #     fail-fast: false
  #   steps:
  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
  #     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6

  #     - name: Install govulncheck
  #       run: go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest

  #     - name: govulncheck
  #       run: govulncheck ./...

  bearer:
    name: bearer
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - name: Bearer
        uses: bearer/bearer-action@v2
        with:
          skip-path: 'docs/'

  codeql:
    name: codeql
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6

      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
        with:
          languages: go

      - name: Autobuild
        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v4
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4

  trivy-codeql:
    name: trivy-codeql
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner (source code)
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@v0.36.0
        with:
          scan-type: "fs"
          scan-ref: "."
          scanners: "vuln,secret,misconfig"
          format: "sarif"
          output: "trivy-results.sarif"
          severity: "CRITICAL,HIGH,MEDIUM"
          ignore-unfixed: true
          skip-dirs: "docs/"

      - name: Upload Trivy results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v4
        if: always()
        with:
          sarif_file: "trivy-results.sarif"

  trivy-logs:
    name: trivy-logs
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6

      - name: Run Trivy scanner (table output for logs)
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@v0.36.0
        if: always()
        with:
          scan-type: "fs"
          scan-ref: "."
          scanners: "vuln,secret,misconfig"
          format: "table"
          severity: "CRITICAL,HIGH,MEDIUM"
          ignore-unfixed: true
          exit-code: "1"
          skip-dirs: "docs/"

      - name: Run Trivy scanner (license)
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@v0.36.0
        if: always()
        with:
          scan-type: fs
          scan-ref: .
          scanners: license
          severity: UNKNOWN,HIGH,CRITICAL
          format: table
          skip-dirs: "docs/"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: Security scan
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 3 * * 1'
  workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger
 
permissions:
  contents: read
  # required for codeql analysis
  security-events: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  # govulncheck:
  #   name: govulncheck
  #   runs-on: latchkey-small
  #   strategy:
  #     fail-fast: false
  #   steps:
  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
  #     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
 
  #     - name: Install govulncheck
  #       run: go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
 
  #     - name: govulncheck
  #       run: govulncheck ./...
 
  bearer:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: bearer
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - name: Bearer
        uses: bearer/bearer-action@v2
        with:
          skip-path: 'docs/'
 
  codeql:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: codeql
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
 
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
        with:
          languages: go
 
      - name: Autobuild
        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v4
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
 
  trivy-codeql:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: trivy-codeql
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
 
      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner (source code)
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@v0.36.0
        with:
          scan-type: "fs"
          scan-ref: "."
          scanners: "vuln,secret,misconfig"
          format: "sarif"
          output: "trivy-results.sarif"
          severity: "CRITICAL,HIGH,MEDIUM"
          ignore-unfixed: true
          skip-dirs: "docs/"
 
      - name: Upload Trivy results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v4
        if: always()
        with:
          sarif_file: "trivy-results.sarif"
 
  trivy-logs:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: trivy-logs
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
 
      - name: Run Trivy scanner (table output for logs)
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@v0.36.0
        if: always()
        with:
          scan-type: "fs"
          scan-ref: "."
          scanners: "vuln,secret,misconfig"
          format: "table"
          severity: "CRITICAL,HIGH,MEDIUM"
          ignore-unfixed: true
          exit-code: "1"
          skip-dirs: "docs/"
 
      - name: Run Trivy scanner (license)
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@v0.36.0
        if: always()
        with:
          scan-type: fs
          scan-ref: .
          scanners: license
          severity: UNKNOWN,HIGH,CRITICAL
          format: table
          skip-dirs: "docs/"

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

2 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 4 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout actions/setup-go github/codeql-action aquasecurity/trivy-action