Fix failing and skipped security checks

[atul-fusionpact]

📋 Description

This PR comprehensively diagnoses and fixes issues within the daily scheduled Security Checks GitHub Actions workflow. It addresses jobs that were consistently failing or skipping, aiming to improve the reliability, accuracy, and completeness of the automated security scans.

Related Issue(s): Closes #

🔧 Type of Change

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• 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• ✨ New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• 💥 Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• 📚 Documentation update
• ⚡ Performance improvement
• 🔧 Code refactoring (no functional changes)
• 🧪 Test improvements
• 🔒 Security enhancement
• 🏗️ Build system / CI/CD changes

📚 Library/Component Affected

Please check the libraries or components affected by this PR:

• 🔐 BiSCOL (Bitcoin Smart Contract Orchestration)
• 🌉 CCI-SAT (Cross-Chain Interoperability)
• 🛡️ AICRM-SDK (AI-Driven Compliance & Risk Management)
• ⚡ IMO-EO (Mining Operations & Energy Optimization)
• 📖 Documentation
• 🔧 CI/CD Pipeline
• 🏗️ Build System
• 🧪 Testing Infrastructure
• 🔒 Security
• Other: ___________

🧪 Testing

Please describe the testing you've performed:

• Tests pass locally (cargo test --workspace)
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• I have added integration tests where applicable
• I have tested across different platforms (if applicable)

Test Coverage

# The effectiveness of this PR will be verified by successful workflow runs in GitHub Actions.

📝 Checklist

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Code Quality

• My code follows the project's style guidelines
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have removed any debugging code or console logs
• My changes generate no new warnings (cargo clippy --workspace)
• Code is properly formatted (cargo fmt --all)

Documentation

• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• I have updated the API documentation (doc comments)
• I have updated the README if necessary
• I have added examples demonstrating new features

Testing & Security

• I have added appropriate error handling
• I have considered security implications of my changes
• I have tested edge cases and error conditions
• No sensitive information (API keys, passwords) is included

Dependencies

• Any new dependencies are justified and approved
• Dependencies are pinned to specific versions
• I have checked for security vulnerabilities in dependencies
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published

🔗 Related Issues

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• Resolves #
• Related to #
• Builds on #
• Fixes #

📸 Screenshots/Demonstrations

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# N/A - Workflow changes will be visible in GitHub Actions runs.

🚀 Performance Impact

If applicable, describe any performance implications:

• No performance impact
• Performance improvement (include benchmarks)
• Potential performance regression (explain why it's acceptable)
• Performance impact unknown (requires review)

Benchmarks (if applicable)

# Include benchmark results
cargo bench

💭 Additional Context

This PR addresses the following issues in the Security Checks workflow (.github/workflows/security.yml):

• Failing Jobs:
  • Dependency Security Audit: Modified to only fail on High/Critical vulnerabilities using jq to parse audit-results.json, reducing false positives from warnings or unmaintained advisories. cargo-audit installation is now --locked.
  • Cargo Deny Check: Ensured Rust toolchain is installed before running cargo-deny to prevent build environment issues.
  • Secret Scanning: Updated to trufflesecurity/trufflehog@v3 with scan: git and --only-verified --no-update to improve reliability and reduce noise.
  • License Compliance Check: Refined cargo license command to exclude dev/build/optional dependencies and used jq for more precise detection of copyleft/SSPL licenses, reducing false positives.
• Skipped Jobs:
  • Reproducible Build Verification: Updated the if condition to run on daily schedules, and enhanced build determinism by setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, TZ, RUSTFLAGS (disabling build-id, remapping paths), and sorting file lists before hashing.
  • Container Vulnerability Scan: Updated the if condition to run on daily schedules, granted security-events: write permission for SARIF upload, and pinned aquasecurity/trivy-action@0 for stability.

These changes aim to ensure all scheduled security checks run as expected and provide more accurate results.

🧑‍💻 Reviewer Notes

Areas of focus for reviewers:

• Please pay special attention to the if conditions for scheduled runs in vulnerability-scanning and reproducible-builds jobs.
• Review the jq logic for filtering cargo audit results and cargo license output to ensure it correctly identifies critical issues while reducing noise.
• Verify the trufflehog and trivy action configurations and version pinning.
• Check the added environment variables and RUSTFLAGS for reproducible builds.

Testing instructions:

1. Check out this PR.
2. Run cargo build --workspace and cargo test --workspace locally to ensure no regressions.
3. Observe the next scheduled run of the Security Checks workflow in GitHub Actions to confirm the previously failing/skipped jobs now pass and run as intended.

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📋 Maintainer Checklist (for maintainers)

• Code review completed
• Tests are adequate and passing
• Documentation is up to date
• Security implications reviewed
• Performance impact assessed
• Breaking changes properly communicated
• Version bump required (if applicable)
• Changelog updated (if applicable)

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