Ensure scanners are in place to secure Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline instructions

MediumLevel 2Manual reviewgithub

Description

Detect and prevent misconfigurations and insecure instructions in CI pipelines Detecting and fixing misconfigurations or insecure instructions in CI pipelines decreases the risk for a successful attack through or on the CI pipeline. Reported as a manual review item: no reliable read-only gh api check exists for this control.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Verify that a CI instructions scanning tool is set to identify and prevent misconfigurations and insecure instructions and that it scans all CI pipelines. Expected state: Set a CI instructions scanning tool to identify and prevent misconfigurations and insecure instructions and scans all CI pipelines.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Set a CI instructions scanning tool to identify and prevent misconfigurations and insecure instructions and scans all CI pipelines.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: githubsource-code
Reference: CIS GitHub Benchmark v1.2.0 - 1.5.2 Ensure scanners are in place to secure Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline instructions