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Summary

  • add GH_CanInterceptJob and GH_CanAccessSecret edges for workflow job analysis
  • resolve interceptable runner/job paths from existing GH_RunsOn topology and static secret references
  • add runner interception saved searches, docs, schema updates, and end-to-end coverage

Testing

  • uv run pytest
  • uv run ruff check src/openhound_github/lookup.py src/openhound_github/models/workflow_job.py tests/test_runner_models.py tests/test_workflow_model.py
  • regenerated a fresh graph from collected data and validated GH_RunsOn, GH_CanInterceptJob, and GH_CanAccessSecret output

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  • New Features

    • Added analysis of workflow scheduling on self-hosted runners and potential job interception.
    • Added visibility into effective token permissions, OIDC token eligibility, and workflow secret access.
    • Added repository workflow permission and pull-request approval policy details.
    • Added saved searches for interceptable jobs, secret-bearing jobs, broad write permissions, and OIDC usage.
    • Added support for enterprise, organization, and repository runner relationships.
  • Documentation

    • Documented runner scheduling, interception, secret access, effective permissions, and security path analysis.
    • Added guidance for prioritizing runner and workflow security findings.

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The change adds GitHub workflow permission modeling, static self-hosted runner matching, job interception and secret-access edges, repository permission caching, graph schema updates, saved searches, documentation, and tests.

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Workflow security graph

Layer / File(s) Summary
Contracts and workflow permission ingestion
extension/schema.json, src/openhound_github/models/workflow.py, src/openhound_github/models/repository.py, src/openhound_github/resources/..., src/openhound_github/transforms.py
Adds workflow permission fields, repository permission lookup and caching, runner and workflow tables, and graph relationship definitions.
Runner matching and workflow graph edges
src/openhound_github/lookup.py, src/openhound_github/models/runner.py, src/openhound_github/models/workflow_job.py, src/openhound_github/models/workflow_reference.py, src/openhound_github/models/workflow_step.py
Resolves static runner selectors, filters non-ephemeral runners, calculates effective token permissions, and emits scheduling, interception, and secret-access edges.
Model, lookup, and resource validation
tests/test_lookup.py, tests/test_runner_models.py, tests/test_workflow_model.py, tests/test_workflow_interception_path.py, tests/test_workflow_resources.py, tests/test_repository_rulesets.py
Tests runner inheritance and filtering, permission resolution, secret deduplication, dynamic selectors, repository caching, and cross-organization interception traversal.
Graph documentation and saved searches
descriptions/edges/*, descriptions/nodes/*, extension/saved_searches/*
Documents runner scheduling, job interception, secret access, and effective permissions. Adds searches for token, secret, and OIDC exposure paths.

Priority: ➖ Normal — Schedule the runner interception modeling because it broadly adds workflow permission, secret-access, and self-hosted runner security analysis without evidence of an active incident.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to dfb26

The new runner interception and permission analysis may be incomplete for existing lookup data, and its attack-impact documentation may misstate effective token permissions. Resolve these issues before merge so graph results and security guidance remain accurate.

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330-337: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Migrate restricted_to_workflows for enterprise runner groups.

When a pre-existing database resolves an inherited group, GithubLookup queries enterprise_runner_groups.restricted_to_workflows. The table definition and migration block omit this column. DuckDB raises a missing-column error, _find_single_row returns None, and inherited GH_RunsOn and GH_CanInterceptJob edges are omitted.

Add restricted_to_workflows BOOLEAN to the CREATE TABLE definition and add ALTER TABLE {schema}.enterprise_runner_groups ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS restricted_to_workflows BOOLEAN; to the migration block. Add a regression test for a pre-existing table.

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In `@src/openhound_github/transforms.py` around lines 330 - 337, Add the
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  • src/openhound_github/kinds/edges.py
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descriptions/nodes/GH_Workflow.md (1)

30-30: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the normalized workflow_permissions values.

normalize_permission_declaration converts mappings to scope:access strings, preserves read-all and write-all as one-entry lists, and converts {} to [] before GHWorkflowProperties.workflow_permissions exposes them. The GH_CanPwnRequest guidance directs operators to inspect this property. Document these values and add property-level tests for mixed scopes, both scalar forms, and {}.

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In `@descriptions/nodes/GH_Workflow.md` at line 30, Update the
workflow_permissions documentation to describe its normalized scope:access list
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property-level tests for mixed scopes, each scalar form, and an empty mapping
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In `@descriptions/edges/GH_CanPwnRequest.md`:
- Line 44: Update the GITHUB_TOKEN impact text in GH_CanPwnRequest to reference
the job’s calculated effective_github_token_permissions rather than the
workflow’s declared permissions, while preserving the surrounding attack-impact
explanation.

In `@descriptions/nodes/GH_WorkflowJob.md`:
- Line 12: Update the WorkflowJob documentation to state that dynamic selectors
leave job-edge interception status unresolved: when runs_on_is_dynamic is true,
_can_intercept_job_edges does not create GH_CanInterceptJob edges, so
query_interceptable_jobs cannot match the job and it must not be treated as
definitively non-interceptable.

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In `@descriptions/nodes/GH_Workflow.md`:
- Line 30: Update the workflow_permissions documentation to describe its
normalized scope:access list values, including read-all, write-all, and the
empty-list result for {}. Add property-level tests for mixed scopes, each scalar
form, and an empty mapping through GHWorkflowProperties.workflow_permissions.

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### Caveats

- **OIDC traversal requires `id-token: write`**: The attack chain from GH_CanPwnRequest through GH_CanAssumeIdentity to a cloud role is only valid if the pwn-requestable workflow (or job) explicitly declares `id-token: write` in its `permissions:` block. The `id-token` permission defaults to `none` and is never implicitly granted — even when the workflow has no `permissions:` block at all. The `permissions` property on the GH_WorkflowJob node can be inspected to verify this.
- **OIDC traversal requires `id-token: write`**: The attack chain from GH_CanPwnRequest through GH_CanAssumeIdentity to a cloud role is only valid if the pwn-requestable job's calculated `effective_github_token_permissions` includes `id-token:write`. The `id-token` permission defaults to `none` and is never implicitly granted — even when the workflow has no `permissions:` block at all. Inspect `workflow_permissions` on GH_Workflow, `job_permissions` on GH_WorkflowJob, and the job's `effective_github_token_permissions` to understand how the effective value was derived.

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use effective permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN impact.

The resolver in src/openhound_github/models/workflow.py applies repository defaults, workflow permissions, and job permissions. The attack-impact text at Line 38 still says that GITHUB_TOKEN has the workflow's declared permissions. Update that text to reference the job's calculated effective_github_token_permissions, so the documented token access matches the graph model.

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- GITHUB_TOKEN with the workflow's declared permissions (often `write`)
+ GITHUB_TOKEN with the job's calculated `effective_github_token_permissions`
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[uncategorized] ~44-~44: The official name of this software platform is spelled with a capital “H”.
Context: ...if the pwn-requestable job's calculated effective_github_token_permissions includes `id-token:w...

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[uncategorized] ~44-~44: The official name of this software platform is spelled with a capital “H”.
Context: ...sionson GH_WorkflowJob, and the job'seffective_github_token_permissions` to understand how th...

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In `@descriptions/edges/GH_CanPwnRequest.md` at line 44, Update the GITHUB_TOKEN
impact text in GH_CanPwnRequest to reference the job’s calculated
effective_github_token_permissions rather than the workflow’s declared
permissions, while preserving the surrounding attack-impact explanation.

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