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Comment on GitHub Actions is the weakest linkparent

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Even with a lock file, the action can download and execute arbitrary code from the internet.

It would be cool if CI could inject a platform-wide lockfile into every remote download or lookup made by your scripts. So if you pull a container or git tag, the CI platform would automatically ensure that the exact digest downloaded is controlled by a lock file that you can inspect, check in, etc.

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