.github/workflows/brakeman-analysis.yml
# This workflow integrates Brakeman with GitHub's Code Scanning feature
# Brakeman is a static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications
name: Brakeman Scan
on:
push:
branches: [main]
pull_request:
# The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
branches: [main]
schedule:
- cron: "40 15 * * 2"
jobs:
brakeman-scan:
name: Brakeman Scan
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
# Customize the ruby version depending on your needs
- name: Set up Ruby
uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
with:
ruby-version: "3.2"
- name: Setup Brakeman
env:
BRAKEMAN_VERSION: "6.2.1" # SARIF support is provided in Brakeman version 4.10+
run: |
gem install brakeman --version $BRAKEMAN_VERSION
# Execute Brakeman CLI and generate a SARIF output with the security issues identified during the analysis
- name: Scan
continue-on-error: true
run: |
brakeman -f sarif -o output.sarif.json .
# Upload the SARIF file generated in the previous step
- name: Upload SARIF
uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
with:
sarif_file: output.sarif.json