@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ on:
       # Only ever run once
       - opened
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   add-header:
 
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ on:
     - 'main'
     - '3.*'
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 concurrency:
   # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#concurrency
@@ -612,6 +613,7 @@ jobs:
       needs.build-context.outputs.run-ci-fuzz == 'true'
       || needs.build-context.outputs.run-ci-fuzz-stdlib == 'true'
     permissions:
+      contents: read
       security-events: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
 
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ on:
     paths: *paths
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
 
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ name: Lint
 
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
 
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ on:
       - "Tools/requirements-dev.txt"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 env:
   PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
 
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ on:
     types:
       - opened
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   notify-new-bugs-announce:
 
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, reopened, labeled, unlabeled, synchronize]
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   label-dnm:
 
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ name: Reusable C API Docs Check
 on:
   workflow_call:
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
 
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ name: Reusable check HTML IDs
 on:
   workflow_call:
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
 
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
 
-permissions: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   cifuzz: