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BED-9674: link workflow jobs to eligible runners
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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions descriptions/edges/GH_CanAccessSecret.md
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# GH_CanAccessSecret

## General Information

The traversable GH_CanAccessSecret edge represents that a GitHub Actions workflow job execution context can access a statically referenced secret.

This edge is derived from the existing non-traversable GH_UsesSecret relationships on the job's contained steps and from job-level `env` declarations. It is intended for attack-path analysis from a compromised job execution context to the secrets that context can read.

The collector only emits this edge when one of the workflow job's modeled steps or the job's `env` block statically references the secret. The existence of a secret in the repository, organization, or environment scope alone is not enough. For this initial implementation, secrets passed through `jobs.<job_id>.secrets` to reusable workflows are retained as structural references but are not projected as runtime access for the caller job.

## Edge Schema

| Source | Destination | Traversable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `GH_WorkflowJob` | `GH_EnvironmentSecret` | `true` |
| `GH_WorkflowJob` | `GH_OrgSecret` | `true` |
| `GH_WorkflowJob` | `GH_RepoSecret` | `true` |

## Diagram

```mermaid
graph LR
n0["GH_WorkflowJob"]
n1["GH_EnvironmentSecret"]
n2["GH_OrgSecret"]
n3["GH_RepoSecret"]
n0 -->|GH_CanAccessSecret| n1
n0 -->|GH_CanAccessSecret| n2
n0 -->|GH_CanAccessSecret| n3
```
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# GH_CanInterceptJob

## General Information

The traversable GH_CanInterceptJob edge represents that a self-hosted runner not explicitly marked ephemeral can intercept a GitHub Actions workflow job that GitHub could schedule on it.

This edge is derived from GH_RunsOn and is intended for attack-path analysis. It does not mean that the job has historically executed on the runner. It means that control of the runner may expose the future execution context of the job when the runner is not ephemeral.

The collector does not emit this edge for runners GitHub explicitly marks as ephemeral.

## Edge Schema

| Source | Destination | Traversable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `GH_Runner` | `GH_WorkflowJob` | `true` |

## Diagram

```mermaid
graph LR
n0["GH_Runner"]
n1["GH_WorkflowJob"]
n0 -->|GH_CanInterceptJob| n1
```
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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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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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In `@descriptions/edges/GH_CanPwnRequest.md` at line 44, Update the GITHUB_TOKEN
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- **GITHUB_TOKEN permissions**: The `permissions:` block controls what the `GITHUB_TOKEN` can do (e.g., push commits, create releases), but has no effect on secret access, OIDC token requests (governed separately by `id-token`), or arbitrary code execution. A workflow with `contents: read` is still fully exploitable via pwn request for secret exfiltration and lateral movement — only write-back to the repository is limited.

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# GH_RunsOn

## General Information

The non-traversable GH_RunsOn edge represents that a GitHub Actions workflow job can be scheduled on a self-hosted runner based on the job's statically declared `runs-on` selector and the runner topology visible to the containing repository.

This edge is schedulability evidence, not historical execution evidence. It does not mean that the job has previously executed on the runner. It means that the runner satisfies the job's static label and runner-group requirements and is reachable through the repository's current runner access policy.

The collector emits GH_RunsOn only for static selectors. Dynamic selectors that contain GitHub Actions expressions such as `${{ matrix.runner }}` or `${{ inputs.runner }}` are intentionally left unresolved in this first implementation.

## Edge Schema

| Source | Destination | Traversable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `GH_WorkflowJob` | `GH_Runner` | `false` |

## Diagram

```mermaid
graph LR
n0["GH_WorkflowJob"]
n1["GH_Runner"]
n0 -.->|GH_RunsOn| n1
```
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The node captures runner metadata such as operating system, status, busy state, labels, and whether the runner is ephemeral when GitHub returns that property.

GH_RunsOn edges from GH_WorkflowJob nodes identify statically resolvable jobs that GitHub could schedule on this runner through the inherited enterprise runner-group topology. These edges do not indicate that the job has actually executed on the runner.

When the runner is not explicitly marked ephemeral, GH_CanInterceptJob edges identify workflow jobs whose future execution context may be exposed to an actor controlling the runner.

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description |
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| `environment_name` | `string` | The name of the environment (GitHub organization). |
| `query_group` | `string` | Query for group. |
| `query_repositories` | `string` | Query for repositories. |
| `query_jobs` | `string` | Query for workflow jobs that can be scheduled on the runner. |
| `query_interceptable_jobs` | `string` | Query for workflow jobs the runner can intercept. |

## Diagram

```mermaid
graph LR
n0["GH_EnterpriseRunnerGroup"]
n1["GH_EnterpriseRunner"]
n2["GH_WorkflowJob"]
n0 -.->|GH_Contains| n1
n0 -->|GH_HasRunner| n1
n2 -.->|GH_RunsOn| n1
n1 -->|GH_CanInterceptJob| n2
```
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The node captures runner metadata such as operating system, status, busy state, labels, and whether the runner is ephemeral when GitHub returns that property.

GH_RunsOn edges from GH_WorkflowJob nodes identify statically resolvable jobs that GitHub could schedule on this runner under the current runner-group access policy. These edges do not indicate that the job has actually executed on the runner.

When the runner is not explicitly marked ephemeral, GH_CanInterceptJob edges identify workflow jobs whose future execution context may be exposed to an actor controlling the runner.

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description |
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| `environment_name` | `string` | The name of the environment (GitHub organization). |
| `query_group` | `string` | Query for group. |
| `query_repositories` | `string` | Query for repositories. |
| `query_jobs` | `string` | Query for workflow jobs that can be scheduled on the runner. |
| `query_interceptable_jobs` | `string` | Query for workflow jobs the runner can intercept. |

## Diagram

```mermaid
graph LR
n0["GH_OrgRunnerGroup"]
n1["GH_OrgRunner"]
n2["GH_WorkflowJob"]
n0 -.->|GH_Contains| n1
n0 -->|GH_HasRunner| n1
n2 -.->|GH_RunsOn| n1
n1 -->|GH_CanInterceptJob| n2
```
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The node captures runner metadata such as operating system, status, busy state, labels, and whether the runner is ephemeral when GitHub returns that property.

GH_RunsOn edges from GH_WorkflowJob nodes identify statically resolvable jobs in the containing repository that GitHub could schedule on this runner. These edges do not indicate that the job has actually executed on the runner.

When the runner is not explicitly marked ephemeral, GH_CanInterceptJob edges identify workflow jobs whose future execution context may be exposed to an actor controlling the runner.

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description |
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| `environment_name` | `string` | The name of the environment (GitHub organization). |
| `query_group` | `string` | Query for group. |
| `query_repositories` | `string` | Query for repositories. |
| `query_jobs` | `string` | Query for workflow jobs that can be scheduled on the runner. |
| `query_interceptable_jobs` | `string` | Query for workflow jobs the runner can intercept. |

## Diagram

```mermaid
graph LR
n0["GH_Repository"]
n1["GH_RepoRunner"]
n2["GH_WorkflowJob"]
n0 -.->|GH_CanUseRunner| n1
n0 -.->|GH_Contains| n1
n2 -.->|GH_RunsOn| n1
n1 -->|GH_CanInterceptJob| n2
```
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Represents a GitHub repository within the organization. Repository nodes capture metadata about the repo including visibility, Actions enablement status, and security configuration. Repository role nodes (GH_RepoRole) are created alongside each repository to represent the permission levels available.

For repositories with active workflows, the collector records the applicable default workflow permissions and whether workflows may approve pull request reviews. These properties preserve the repository-level policy input later used to derive effective GITHUB_TOKEN permissions for GH_WorkflowJob nodes.

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description |
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| `secret_scanning` | `string` | Status of secret scanning (e.g., `enabled`, `disabled`). |
| `branch_ruleset_count` | `integer` | Number of branch-targeted rulesets that apply to this repository. |
| `has_branch_rulesets` | `boolean` | Whether at least one branch-targeted ruleset applies to this repository. |
| `default_workflow_permissions` | `string` | The repository's applicable default GITHUB_TOKEN workflow permissions. |
| `can_approve_pull_request_reviews` | `boolean` | Whether workflows may approve pull request reviews. |
| `query_branches` | `string` | Query for branches. |
| `query_protected_branches` | `string` | Query for protected branches. |
| `query_branch_protection_rules` | `string` | Query for branch protection rules. |
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Represents a GitHub Actions workflow defined in a repository. Workflow nodes capture the workflow definition metadata including its file path, state, containing repository, and the full YAML contents of the workflow file. Only repositories with GitHub Actions enabled are queried for workflows.

When present, `workflow_permissions` captures the top-level `permissions` declaration from the workflow YAML.

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description |
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| `triggers` | `list[string]` | The triggers value. |
| `trigger_dispatch_inputs` | `list[string]` | The trigger dispatch inputs value. |
| `is_pwn_requestable` | `boolean` | The is pwn requestable value. |
| `workflow_permissions` | `list[string]` | Permissions declared at the workflow level. |
| `query_repository` | `string` | Query for repository. |
| `query_jobs` | `string` | Query for workflow jobs. |
| `query_execution` | `string` | Query for workflow executions. |
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Represents a single job within a GitHub Actions workflow. Jobs are the top-level execution units of a workflow — they run on a runner, hold a set of steps, and can declare permissions, environments, and dependencies on other jobs.

When the job has a statically resolvable self-hosted `runs-on` selector, GH_RunsOn edges identify each GH_Runner that currently satisfies the declared label and runner-group constraints under the repository's runner access policy. These edges represent schedulability, not historical execution.

When present, `job_permissions` captures the job-level `permissions` declaration from the workflow YAML. `effective_github_token_permissions` captures the calculated static `GITHUB_TOKEN` permissions after applying the repository default, workflow-level declaration, and job-level declaration.

GH_CanAccessSecret edges identify secrets statically referenced by the job's modeled steps or job-level `env` block that the job execution context can access. GH_CanInterceptJob edges from GH_Runner nodes not explicitly marked ephemeral identify jobs whose future execution context may be exposed if that runner is controlled.

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When `runs_on_is_dynamic` is true, runner matching and interception status remain unresolved: the collector does not emit GH_CanInterceptJob edges for the job, so `query_interceptable_jobs` cannot match it and the absence of an edge must not be treated as evidence that the job is definitively non-interceptable.

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description |
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| `node_id` | `string` | The stable identifier used as the OpenGraph node ID; this is the native GitHub node ID where available. |
| `job_key` | `string` | The YAML key for the job. |
| `runs_on` | `list[string]` | The runner label expression for the job. |
| `runs_on_group` | `string` | The statically declared runner group, if any. |
| `runs_on_labels` | `list[string]` | The normalized runner labels from runs-on. |
| `runs_on_is_dynamic` | `boolean` | Whether runs-on contains a GitHub Actions expression. |
| `is_self_hosted` | `boolean` | Whether the job targets self-hosted runners. |
| `container` | `string` | The optional container configuration. |
| `environment` | `string` | The deployment environment name. |
| `permissions` | `list[string]` | Effective job permissions. |
| `permissions` | `list[string]` | Applicable declared workflow or job permissions after job-over-workflow precedence. |
| `job_permissions` | `list[string]` | Optional permissions declared at the job level; absent when the job has no declaration. |
| `effective_github_token_permissions` | `list[string]` | Calculated GITHUB_TOKEN permissions after repository defaults and declarations are applied. |
| `uses_reusable` | `string` | The reusable workflow reference used by this job. |
| `workflow_node_id` | `string` | The parent workflow node ID. |
| `repository_name` | `string` | The containing repository name. |
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| `query_repository` | `string` | Query for repository. |
| `query_steps` | `string` | Query for workflow steps. |
| `query_references` | `string` | Query for workflow references (secrets and variables). |
| `query_runners` | `string` | Query for eligible self-hosted runners. |
| `query_accessible_secrets` | `string` | Query for secrets accessible to the job execution context. |

## Diagram

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n6["GH_OrgVariable"]
n7["GH_RepoSecret"]
n8["GH_RepoVariable"]
n9["GH_WorkflowStep"]
n9["GH_Runner"]
n10["GH_WorkflowStep"]
n0 -.->|GH_Contains| n1
n1 -.->|GH_DeploysTo| n2
n1 -.->|GH_UsesSecret| n3
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n1 -.->|GH_UsesVariable| n6
n1 -.->|GH_UsesSecret| n7
n1 -.->|GH_UsesVariable| n8
n1 -.->|GH_RunsOn| n9
n1 -->|GH_CanAccessSecret| n3
n1 -->|GH_CanAccessSecret| n5
n1 -->|GH_CanAccessSecret| n7
n9 -->|GH_CanInterceptJob| n1
n1 -.->|GH_CallsWorkflow| n0
n1 -.->|GH_DependsOn| n1
n1 -.->|GH_Contains| n9
n1 -.->|GH_Contains| n10
```
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