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This MR is not for master, we need these permissions for !44618 (closed)

What does this MR do?

Discovery issue: #36500 (closed) Backend issue: #215669 (closed)

Adds permissions needed to the bot to create an MR

Permissions added

  • Security bot has developer access to projects where auto fix is enabled

Security blocks

[3] pry(main)> GlobalPolicy.new(User.security_bot, :global).can?(:log_in)
=> false

pry(main)> GlobalPolicy.new(User.security_bot, :global).can?(:access_api)
  User Load (0.6ms)  SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."user_type" = $1 ORDER BY "users"."id" ASC LIMIT $2  [["user_type", 8], ["LIMIT", 1]]
=> false

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Availability and Testing

Security

If this MR contains changes to processing or storing of credentials or tokens, authorization and authentication methods and other items described in the security review guidelines:

  • Label as security and @ mention @gitlab-com/gl-security/appsec
  • The MR includes necessary changes to maintain consistency between UI, API, email, or other methods
  • Security reports checked/validated by a reviewer from the AppSec team

Related to #215669 (closed)

Edited by Tetiana Chupryna

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