Ensure any merging of code is automatically scanned for risks

MediumLevel 1Automatedgithub

Description

Ensure that every pull request is required to be scanned for risks. Scanning pull requests to detect risks allows for early detection of vulnerable code and/or dependencies and helps mitigate potentially malicious code. Code scanning must be active: CodeQL default setup configured or at least one code scanning analysis uploaded. Uses the GitHub REST/GraphQL API through gh api (read-only). The repository comes from GH_REPO or the current git checkout (gh's {owner}/{repo} resolution, GH_HOST for GitHub Enterprise Server); the organization comes from GH_ORG (default: the repository owner). Fails when gh is missing or unauthenticated (gh auth login or GH_TOKEN); organization settings and branch protection need an owner/admin token.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

command -v gh >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
gh auth status >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
info=$(gh api 'repos/{owner}/{repo}' --jq '.full_name + " " + .default_branch' 2>/dev/null) || exit 1
R=${info% *}; B=${info#* }
[ -n "$R" ] && [ -n "$B" ] || exit 1
d=$(gh api "repos/$R/code-scanning/default-setup" --jq .state 2>/dev/null) || d=none
n=$(gh api "repos/$R/code-scanning/analyses?per_page=1" --jq length 2>/dev/null) || n=0
{ [ "$d" = configured ] || [ "${n:-0}" -gt 0 ]; } && echo compliant

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Enable code scanning (Settings > Code security > Code scanning > CodeQL default setup) or add a workflow that runs on push and pull_request to the default branch and uploads SARIF results.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: githubsource-code
Reference: CIS GitHub Benchmark v1.2.0 - 1.1.18 Ensure any merging of code is automatically scanned for risks

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target github