PCP-6891 : updated go version & packages to fix vulnerabilities

[anish8808]

PCP-6891 : updated go version & packages to fix vulnerabilities

[bulwark-spectrocloud]

⚠️ Zizmor found Critical or High severity GitHub Actions workflow security issues:

Summary

Severity	Count
High	9
Total	9

Details

Grouped by audit rule and file. Line/column refer to the workflow or action YAML on the scanned branch.

dangerous-triggers — High

use of fundamentally insecure workflow trigger

File: .github/workflows/backport.yaml

Fix guidance: https://docs.zizmor.sh/audits/#dangerous-triggers

Locations:

• Line 2–4 (cols 0–32) — pull_request_target is almost always used insecurely

unpinned-uses — High

unpinned action reference

File: .github/workflows/backport.yaml

Fix guidance: https://docs.zizmor.sh/audits/#unpinned-uses

Locations:

• Line 19 (cols 14–53) — expression sorenlouv/backport-github-action@v9.5.1 — action is not pinned to a hash (required by blanket policy)

template-injection — High

code injection via template expansion

File: .github/workflows/spectro-release.yaml

Fix guidance: https://docs.zizmor.sh/audits/#template-injection

Locations:

• Line 32–35 (cols 8–16) — this step
• Line 34 (cols 44–79) — expression github.event.inputs.release_version — may expand into attacker-controllable code
• Line 33 (cols 8–11) — this run block

unpinned-uses — High (6 similar finding(s))

unpinned action reference

File: .github/workflows/spectro-release.yaml

Fix guidance: https://docs.zizmor.sh/audits/#unpinned-uses

Locations:

• Line 27 (cols 14–46) — expression mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.2.0 — action is not pinned to a hash (required by blanket policy)
• Line 44 (cols 14–33) — expression actions/checkout@v3 — action is not pinned to a hash (required by blanket policy)
• Line 47 (cols 14–43) — expression docker/setup-buildx-action@v1 — action is not pinned to a hash (required by blanket policy)
• Line 50 (cols 14–36) — expression docker/login-action@v1 — action is not pinned to a hash (required by blanket policy)
• Line 57 (cols 14–36) — expression docker/login-action@v1 — action is not pinned to a hash (required by blanket policy)
• Line 89 (cols 14–43) — expression rickstaa/action-create-tag@v1 — action is not pinned to a hash (required by blanket policy)

Please review these findings before merging.