Ensure the authority to certify artifacts is limited

MediumLevel 1Manual reviewgithub

Description

Software certification is used to verify the safety of certain software usage and to establish trust between the supplier and the consumer. Any artifact can be certified. Limit the authority to certify different artifacts. Artifact certification is a powerful tool in establishing trust. Clients use a software certificate to verify that the artifact is safe to use according to their security policies. 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

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Ensure only certain artifacts can be certified by certain parties. Expected state: Limit which artifact can be certified by which authority.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Limit which artifact can be certified by which authority.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: githubartifacts
Reference: CIS GitHub Benchmark v1.2.0 - 4.2.1 Ensure the authority to certify artifacts is limited