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Check Spelling

Actively maintained

check-spelling/check-spelling · MIT

Spelling checker action to check spelling in repositories / pull requests / commits

328 starsLast commit 2 months agoLatest v0.0.26
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Security 66Maintenance 72Popularity 35Reliability 70

Security signals

OpenSSF Scorecard4.3 / 10
SECURITY.md presentYes
Immutable releasesEnabled
Known vulnerabilities1 advisory(ies)
  • CVE-2021-32724critical

    check-spelling workflow vulnerable to token leakage via symlink attack

    Published Jul 29, 2022

How to use it safely

Recommended: pin to commit SHA
uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@cfb6f7e75bbfc89c71eaa30366d0c166f1bd9c8c # v0.0.26

Mutable tags like v0.0.26 can be rewritten to point at malicious commits. Pinning to the full commit SHA is the only reference GitHub guarantees immutable.

Full workflow example
steps:
  - uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@cfb6f7e75bbfc89c71eaa30366d0c166f1bd9c8c # v0.0.26

Score breakdown

Security (35%)66
Popularity (20%)35
Maintenance (30%)72
Reliability (15%)70