Bump the external-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates

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Bumps the external-dependencies group with 3 updates in the /.github/workflows directory: actions/stale, github/codeql-action/upload-sarif and ossf/scorecard-action.

Updates actions/stale from 10.4.0 to 11.0.0

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v11.0.0

What's Changed

Enhancement

• Migrate to ESM and update dependencies by @​chiranjib-swain in actions/stale#1350

Dependency Update

• Override brace-expansion to 5.0.8 to address 24 high-severity dependency vulnerabilities by @​dependabot in actions/stale#1351

Full Changelog: actions/stale@v10...v11.0.0

Commits

• 4391f3d Fix 24 high severity vulnerabilities by overriding brace-expansion to 5.0.8 (...
• eaf9131 refactor: update imports to use ES module syntax and improve test structure (...
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Updates github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.1 to 4.37.3

Release notes

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v4.37.3

No user facing changes.

v4.37.2

• The new address format for the config-file input that was introduced in CodeQL Action 4.37.0 is now enabled by default. In addition to the format described there, the remote= prefix can now be used to explicitly indicate that the input refers to a remote file. All previous input formats continue to be accepted as well. #4023
• The CodeQL Action can now make use of configured private registries in Default Setup to retrieve CodeQL configuration files from remote repositories that require authentication. This will allow customers to store their CodeQL configuration in a single repository that can then be referenced by Default Setup workflows in other repositories. We expect to roll this and other, related changes out to everyone in July. #4007

Changelog

Sourced from github/codeql-action/upload-sarif's changelog.

CodeQL Action Changelog

See the releases page for the relevant changes to the CodeQL CLI and language packs.

[UNRELEASED]

• This version of the CodeQL Action adds support for the tools input for the codeql-action/init step to be specified using a github-codeql-tools repository property. This feature will gradually be rolled out following the release of this version. Once rolled out, this allows for the CodeQL CLI version that is used in GitHub-managed workflows, such as Default Setup, to be set to a custom value. For example, customers who run into issues with rate limits when a new CodeQL CLI version is released can set the value to toolcache to always use the CodeQL CLI version that is available in the runner toolcache. For Advanced Setup workflows, the value provided for tools in the workflow definition always takes precedence unless the value of the repository property starts with !. #4037

4.37.3 - 22 Jul 2026

No user facing changes.

4.37.2 - 21 Jul 2026

• The new address format for the config-file input that was introduced in CodeQL Action 4.37.0 is now enabled by default. In addition to the format described there, the remote= prefix can now be used to explicitly indicate that the input refers to a remote file. All previous input formats continue to be accepted as well. #4023
• The CodeQL Action can now make use of configured private registries in Default Setup to retrieve CodeQL configuration files from remote repositories that require authentication. This will allow customers to store their CodeQL configuration in a single repository that can then be referenced by Default Setup workflows in other repositories. We expect to roll this and other, related changes out to everyone in July. #4007

4.37.1 - 16 Jul 2026

• Upcoming breaking change: Add a deprecation warning for customers using CodeQL version 2.20.6 and earlier. These versions of CodeQL were discontinued on 1 July 2026 alongside GitHub Enterprise Server 3.16, and will be unsupported by the next minor release of the CodeQL Action. #3956
• Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.26.1. #4019

4.37.0 - 08 Jul 2026

• Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.26.0. #3995
• In addition to the existing input format, the config-file input for the codeql-action/init step will soon support a new [owner/]repo[@ref][:path] format. All components except the repository name are optional. If omitted, owner defaults to the same owner as the repository the analysis is running for, ref to main, and path to .github/codeql-action.yaml. Support for this format ships in this version of the CodeQL Action, but will only be enabled over the coming weeks. #3973

4.36.3 - 01 Jul 2026

No user facing changes.

4.36.2 - 04 Jun 2026

• Cache CodeQL CLI version information across Actions steps. #3943
• Reduce requests while waiting for analysis processing by using exponential backoff when polling SARIF processing status. #3937
• Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.25.6. #3948

4.36.1 - 02 Jun 2026

No user facing changes.

4.36.0 - 22 May 2026

• Breaking change: Bump the minimum required CodeQL bundle version to 2.19.4. #3894
• Add support for SHA-256 Git object IDs. #3893
• Update default CodeQL bundle version to 2.25.5. #3926

4.35.5 - 15 May 2026

• We have improved how the JavaScript bundles for the CodeQL Action are generated to avoid duplication across bundles and reduce the size of the repository by around 70%. This should have no effect on the runtime behaviour of the CodeQL Action. #3899

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Commits

• e4fba86 Merge pull request #4031 from github/update-v4.37.3-72f6a9da0
• fb50ab5 Update changelog for v4.37.3
• 72f6a9d Merge pull request #4030 from github/mbg/fix/no-proxy
• 3b5ee58 Use default request options instead of undefined
• bfb6be4 Merge pull request #4028 from github/mergeback/v4.37.2-to-main-e0647621
• 526ab84 Rebuild
• d6217b9 Update changelog and version after v4.37.2
• e064762 Merge pull request #4027 from github/update-v4.37.2-385bcdc5a
• e0faed8 Add a couple of change notes
• 73aad0e Update changelog for v4.37.2
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Updates ossf/scorecard-action from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4

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v2.4.4

What's Changed

This update bumps the Scorecard version to the v5.5.0 release. For a complete list of changes, please refer to the Scorecard v5.4.0 release notes and the Scorecard v5.5.0 release notes.

• log POST failures instead of failing entire action by @​spencerschrock in ossf/scorecard-action#1625

Full Changelog: ossf/scorecard-action@v2.4.3...v2.4.4

Commits

• 2d11466 Bump action tag for v2.4.4 release (#1688)
• 1bd3285 🌱 Bump the docker-images group across 1 directory with 2 updates (#1...
• 913edce 🌱 Bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.32 to 1.7.33 (#1671)
• 0957b8f 🌱 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.56.0 to 0.57.0 (#1680)
• f0061eb 🌱 Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.81.1 to 1.82.1 (#1687)
• 20ee732 🌱 Bump github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 from 2.6.3 to 2.6.4 (#1685)
• 9f295ef 🌱 Bump the github-actions group with 6 updates (#1686)
• 69bf556 🌱 Bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 1.1.4 to 1.2.0 (#1681)
• 94e8b96 🌱 Bump github.com/sigstore/rekor from 1.5.0 to 1.5.2 (#1673)
• c7a1b37 🌱 Bump github.com/sigstore/fulcio from 1.8.5 to 1.8.6 (#1675)
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Updates pinned GitHub Action revisions in workflows to newer versions for security/bugfix uptake.

Changes:

• Bump ossf/scorecard-action from v2.4.3 to v2.4.4 in the scorecard workflow
• Bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from v4.37.1 to v4.37.3 in scorecard + PowerShell workflows
• Bump actions/stale from v10.4.0 to v11.0.0 in the stale issues workflow

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File	Description
.github/workflows/scorecard-analysis.yml	Updates pinned scorecard-action and upload-sarif revisions used by scorecard scanning.
.github/workflows/powershell.yaml	Updates pinned upload-sarif revision used to publish SARIF results.
.github/workflows/StaleIssues.yml	Updates pinned actions/stale revision used for automated stale issue management.