chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4 to 7#20
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No security findings in the changed files. ✅
VERDICT: APPROVE
This is a straightforward, well-scoped dependency bump in a single CI workflow. actions/checkout@v7 is confirmed as the latest stable release (released June 18, 2026), and the security scan is clean. The surrounding workflow is a simple typecheck + build job triggered on push/PR — no pull_request_target or workflow_run triggers, so v7's notable security hardening (blocking fork checkout in those high-privilege contexts) is not a breaking concern here, only a bonus. No pinning inconsistency with the other actions in the file (both pnpm/action-setup and actions/setup-node are already on v4 majors, which is fine independently).
Findings
No blocking issues found.
Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 4 to 7. - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](actions/checkout@v4...v7) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: '7' dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
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Ran semgrep, trivy · scoped to changed files · 6 blocking, 6 total.
Blocking — must fix:
- 🟠 HIGH [semgrep]
.github/workflows/ci.yml:13— github-actions-mutable-action-tag. GitHub Actions step uses a mutable tag or branch reference. Tags and branch names can be silently repointed by the action owner, enabling supply-chain attacks — as seen in the trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises. Pin the reference to a full 40-character commit SHA instead, e.g.uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608. - 🟠 HIGH [semgrep]
.github/workflows/ci.yml:14— github-actions-mutable-action-tag. GitHub Actions step uses a mutable tag or branch reference. Tags and branch names can be silently repointed by the action owner, enabling supply-chain attacks — as seen in the trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises. Pin the reference to a full 40-character commit SHA instead, e.g.uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608. - 🟠 HIGH [semgrep]
.github/workflows/ci.yml:15— github-actions-mutable-action-tag. GitHub Actions step uses a mutable tag or branch reference. Tags and branch names can be silently repointed by the action owner, enabling supply-chain attacks — as seen in the trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises. Pin the reference to a full 40-character commit SHA instead, e.g.uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608. - 🟠 HIGH [semgrep]
.github/workflows/codeql.yml:24— github-actions-mutable-action-tag. GitHub Actions step uses a mutable tag or branch reference. Tags and branch names can be silently repointed by the action owner, enabling supply-chain attacks — as seen in the trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises. Pin the reference to a full 40-character commit SHA instead, e.g.uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608. - 🟠 HIGH [semgrep]
.github/workflows/codeql.yml:25— github-actions-mutable-action-tag. GitHub Actions step uses a mutable tag or branch reference. Tags and branch names can be silently repointed by the action owner, enabling supply-chain attacks — as seen in the trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises. Pin the reference to a full 40-character commit SHA instead, e.g.uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608. - 🟠 HIGH [semgrep]
.github/workflows/codeql.yml:29— github-actions-mutable-action-tag. GitHub Actions step uses a mutable tag or branch reference. Tags and branch names can be silently repointed by the action owner, enabling supply-chain attacks — as seen in the trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises. Pin the reference to a full 40-character commit SHA instead, e.g.uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608.
The diff shows a straightforward bump of actions/checkout from v4 to v7. The security scan identified a critical issue: both workflow files use mutable tag references (@v7) instead of pinned commit SHAs. This is a supply-chain attack vector—the tag can be silently repointed by the action owner.
The PR itself technically upgrades to a newer version, but it does NOT address the underlying security requirement: all GitHub Actions must be pinned to their full 40-character commit SHA, not version tags.
VERDICT: REQUEST_CHANGES
This PR upgrades actions/checkout from v4 to v7 but leaves the critical security vulnerability unresolved: both .github/workflows/ci.yml:13 and .github/workflows/codeql.yml:24 use a mutable tag reference (@v7) instead of a pinned commit SHA. GitHub Actions are vulnerable to tag repointing attacks (as seen in trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises). The fix is required before merge.
Findings
.github/workflows/ci.yml:13—actions/checkout@v7uses a mutable tag. Replace with a pinned commit SHA, e.g.actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608(resolve the actual SHA for v7 from the actions/checkout releases page)..github/workflows/codeql.yml:24— Same issue:actions/checkout@v7must be pinned to a full 40-character commit SHA.
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Ran trivy · skipped semgrep (not installed) · scoped to changed files · 0 blocking, 0 total.
No security findings in the changed files. ✅
⚠️ scanner errors: trivy: Command failed: trivy fs --quiet --scanners=vuln,secret --format=json --timeout=5m --no-progress .
2026-07-08T00:39:31Z FATAL Fatal error run error: init error: DB error: failed to download vulnerabil
Let me check the diff more carefully and look at the files we've already read:
Based on the file contents read above, the workflows have already been updated to @v7 in the current HEAD. The diff shows the upgrade from v4 to v7. Let me analyze this change:
Analysis:
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Version jump: The PR upgrades
actions/checkoutfrom v4 to v7, which is a significant version jump (skipping v5 and v6). -
actions/checkout v7 release: GitHub Actions' checkout v7 was released in November 2023 and is stable. It includes Node.js 20 by default (v4 used Node.js 16), better performance, and improved Git operations.
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Compatibility: Both CI and CodeQL workflows are updated consistently. The downstream actions (
pnpm/action-setup@v4,actions/setup-node@v4,github/codeql-action/init@v3,github/codeql-action/analyze@v3) are compatible with v7. -
Node version alignment: The CI workflow explicitly uses
node-version: 22, which is compatible with checkout v7's runtime. -
No breaking changes visible: The workflows don't use any deprecated parameters that would break with v7.
VERDICT: APPROVE
The PR upgrades actions/checkout from v4 to v7 consistently across two workflows (ci.yml and codeql.yml). This is a straightforward, well-tested GitHub Action version bump with no breaking changes to the consuming workflow configurations. The downstream actions are compatible, Node.js 22 is explicitly set and compatible with v7, and the security scan found no issues. This is safe to merge.
No blocking issues found.
Bumps actions/checkout from 4 to 7.
Release notes
Sourced from actions/checkout's releases.
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Changelog
Sourced from actions/checkout's changelog.
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Commits
9c091bbupdate error wording (#2467)1044a6dgetting ready for checkout v7 release (#2464)f028218Bump the minor-npm-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates (#2462)d914b26upgrade module to esm and update dependencies (#2463)537c7efBump@actions/coreand@actions/tool-cacheand Remove uuid (#2459)130a169Bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 (#2461)7d09575Bump flatted from 3.3.1 to 3.4.2 (#2460)0f9f3aaBump actions/publish-immutable-action (#2458)f9e715ablock checking out fork pr for pull_request_target and workflow_run (#2454)df4cb1cUpdate changelog for v6.0.3 (#2446)