diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 5c719cc0..2f6c6272 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-push-test
     if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
index 4d405f00..bcd97b62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-cleanup.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action to delete untagged and orphaned images
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           allowed-endpoints: >
             api.github.com:443
             ghcr.io:443
-      - uses: dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action@cd0cdb900b5dbf3a6f2cc869f0dbb0b8211f50c4 # v1.0.16
+      - uses: dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action@d52806a0dc70b430571a37da1fde39733ffd640f # v1.2.2
         with:
           delete-orphaned-images: true
           delete-untagged: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
index a24b7967..ea86d735 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-cleanup.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
       issues: write # is needed by actions/stale to close/comment on issues
       pull-requests: write # is needed by actions/stale to close/comment on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/stale@b5d41d4e1d5dceea10e7104786b73624c18a190f # v10.2.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@eb5cf3af3ac0a1aa4c9c45633dd1ae542a27a899 # v10.3.0
         with:
           stale-issue-label: "stale"
           stale-pr-label: "stale"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
index 74f2b875..c4a080fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-creation-tool-versions.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       contents: read # is needed to checkout the repository
       issues: write # is needed by gh cli to create/close/pin/unpin issues
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           sparse-checkout: .github/TOOL_VERSION_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
index 5ca8ef47..0ef555c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting-formatting.yml
@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by oxsecurity/megalinter and reviewdog/action-suggester to post PR comments
       security-events: write # is needed by oxsecurity/megalinter for uploading sarif files
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@b1d7e1fb5de872772f31590499237e7cce841e8e # v0.5.3
+      - uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@5f14fd08f7cf1cb1609c1e344975f152c7ee938d # v0.5.6
         with:
           persona: pedantic
       # flavors/dotnet is the smallest flavor of MegaLinter that contains the linters
       # we are interested in.
-      - uses: oxsecurity/megalinter/flavors/dotnet@8fbdead70d1409964ab3d5afa885e18ee85388bb # v9.4.0
+      - uses: oxsecurity/megalinter/flavors/dotnet@0e3ce9b9c8c10effb9b269509cc47ca17cae31c7 # v9.5.0
         env:
           APPLY_FIXES: all
           VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: true
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e46ed2cbd01164d986452f91f178727624ae40d7 # v4.35.3
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4.36.2
         if: success() || failure()
         with:
           sarif_file: megalinter-reports/megalinter-report.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
index 89d51ac0..15b44f93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write # is needed by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload sarif files
       id-token: write # is needed by ossf/scorecard-action to authenticate with OIDC
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           results_format: sarif
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_TOKEN }}
           publish_results: true
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e46ed2cbd01164d986452f91f178727624ae40d7 # v4.35.3
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4.36.2
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
index 77607b17..2cac6042 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-title.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment to post comments on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           allowed-endpoints: >
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
index 9bb1b660..0246a1b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-image-cleanup.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action to delete images
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action@cd0cdb900b5dbf3a6f2cc869f0dbb0b8211f50c4 # v1.0.16
+      - uses: dataaxiom/ghcr-cleanup-action@d52806a0dc70b430571a37da1fde39733ffd640f # v1.2.2
         with:
           delete-tags: pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           packages: amp-devcontainer,amp-devcontainer-cpp,amp-devcontainer-rust
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: write # is needed to delete workflow run caches
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
index 8d99c432..1652ea4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-report.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # is needed by philips-software/pull-request-report-action to fetch workflow run information
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: philips-software/pull-request-report-action@39e2f082490099021474c109cb207953221a8e47 # v0.1.5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 9755cd6c..4732602e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ jobs:
       # currently provide a more fine-grained permission for release modification.
       contents: write # is needed to modify a release
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Amend release description
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       REGISTRY: ghcr.io
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # is needed to modify a release
     needs: [generate-documents]
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # is needed by rdlf0/comment-released-prs-action to post comments on PRs
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: rdlf0/comment-released-prs-action@a81897eaea04a5faa8779d28607826ddb033321a # v3.1.0
+      - uses: rdlf0/comment-released-prs-action@249f57bed533baa7f883fe9d9a834424f153c3cb # v3.2.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index dcd0e2bb..5626a8ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -18,18 +18,21 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3 # v3.1.1
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
         id: token
         with:
-          app-id: ${{ vars.FOREST_RELEASER_APP_ID }}
+          client-id: ${{ vars.FOREST_RELEASER_CLIENT_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.FOREST_RELEASER_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-issues: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5.0.0
         id: release
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
index 23c98532..0d1df5a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
@@ -21,25 +21,26 @@ jobs:
     # set-up correctly.
     container: ghcr.io/philips-software/amp-devcontainer-${{ matrix.flavor }}:edge
     permissions:
-      contents: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create branches and push commits
-      pull-requests: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create a PR
+      contents: read # peter-evans/create-pull-request inherits app permissions; so we only need contents: read here
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: ./.github/actions/update-apt-packages
         id: update-packages
         with:
           input-file: .devcontainer/${{ matrix.flavor }}/apt-requirements*.json
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3 # v3.1.1
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
         id: token
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         with:
-          app-id: ${{ vars.FOREST_RELEASER_APP_ID }}
+          client-id: ${{ vars.FOREST_RELEASER_CLIENT_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.FOREST_RELEASER_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
       - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5f6978faf089d4d20b00c7766989d076bb2fc7f1 # v8.1.1
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         with:
@@ -59,13 +60,12 @@ jobs:
         flavor: ["cpp", "rust"]
         file: ["devcontainer-metadata.json", "devcontainer.json"]
     permissions:
-      contents: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create branches and push commits
-      pull-requests: write # is needed by peter-evans/create-pull-request to create a PR
+      contents: read # peter-evans/create-pull-request inherits app permissions; so we only need contents: read here
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: ./.github/actions/update-vscode-extensions
@@ -82,12 +82,14 @@ jobs:
           } >> "${RUNNER_TEMP}/pull-request-body.md"
         env:
           MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_FILE: ${{ steps.update-extensions.outputs.markdown-summary-file }}
-      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3 # v3.1.1
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
         id: token
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         with:
-          app-id: ${{ vars.FOREST_RELEASER_APP_ID }}
+          client-id: ${{ vars.FOREST_RELEASER_CLIENT_ID }}
           private-key: ${{ secrets.FOREST_RELEASER_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
       - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5f6978faf089d4d20b00c7766989d076bb2fc7f1 # v8.1.1
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
index b77cbab3..53dea64d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       security-events: write # is needed by github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload sarif files
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
       - uses: crazy-max/ghaction-container-scan@a0a3900b79d158c85ccf034e5368fae620a9233a # v4.0.0
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           image: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}-${{ matrix.flavor }}:latest
           dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
-      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e46ed2cbd01164d986452f91f178727624ae40d7 # v4.35.3
+      - uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4.36.2
         if: steps.scan.outputs.sarif != ''
         with:
           sarif_file: ${{ steps.scan.outputs.sarif }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
index d3f119f5..788a9554 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-acceptance-test.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: acceptance-testing
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: false # Playwright requires root privileges to install browsers
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       # Create a GitHub Codespace and communicate the image version via a Codespace secret (should be a Codespace environment variable).
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
index 8b4c8ed7..31585a44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-build-push.yml
@@ -75,22 +75,22 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write # is needed by docker/build-push-action to push images when using GitHub Container Registry
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@d7f5e7f509e45cec5c76c4d5afdd7de93d0b3df5 # v4.1.0
         with:
           cache-binary: false
-      - uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/login-action@650006c6eb7dba73a995cc03b0b2d7f5ca915bee # v4.2.0
         with:
           registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY_USERNAME || github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY_PASSWORD || github.token }}
-      - uses: docker/metadata-action@030e881283bb7a6894de51c315a6bfe6a94e05cf # v6.0.0
+      - uses: docker/metadata-action@80c7e94dd9b9319bd5eb7a0e0fe9291e23a2a2e9 # v6.1.0
         env:
           DOCKER_METADATA_SET_OUTPUT_ENV: false
         id: metadata
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
         id: devcontainer-epoch
       - run: echo "arch=$(echo "${RUNNER_ARCH}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         id: devcontainer-arch
-      - uses: docker/build-push-action@bcafcacb16a39f128d818304e6c9c0c18556b85f # v7.1.0
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@f9f3042f7e2789586610d6e8b85c8f03e5195baf # v7.2.0
         id: build-and-push
         env:
           SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: ${{ steps.devcontainer-epoch.outputs.git-commit-epoch }}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
       digest: ${{ steps.inspect-manifest.outputs.digest }}
       version: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
@@ -171,15 +171,15 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/digests
           pattern: digests-${{ needs.sanitize-image-name.outputs.image-basename }}-*
           merge-multiple: true
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@d7f5e7f509e45cec5c76c4d5afdd7de93d0b3df5 # v4.1.0
         with:
           cache-binary: false
-      - uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/login-action@650006c6eb7dba73a995cc03b0b2d7f5ca915bee # v4.2.0
         with:
           registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY_USERNAME || github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY_PASSWORD || github.token }}
-      - uses: docker/metadata-action@030e881283bb7a6894de51c315a6bfe6a94e05cf # v6.0.0
+      - uses: docker/metadata-action@80c7e94dd9b9319bd5eb7a0e0fe9291e23a2a2e9 # v6.1.0
         id: metadata
         env:
           DOCKER_METADATA_ANNOTATIONS_LEVELS: index
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
index 22cc1122..6d66666c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-dependency-review.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write # is needed by actions/dependency-review-action to write PR summaries
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/dependency-review-action@a1d282b36b6f3519aa1f3fc636f609c47dddb294 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
index 50069992..bf70be5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-document-generation.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
index 3ee77de5..ebc8ab6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-docker.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - run: echo "arch=$(echo "${RUNNER_ARCH}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
index 7c477187..95581199 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-integration-test-podman.yml
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: false
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Podman
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
index af960660..5fa47a34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-publish-templates.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # is needed by devcontainers/action to write templates as OCI artifacts
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/login-action@650006c6eb7dba73a995cc03b0b2d7f5ca915bee # v4.2.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml b/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
index 53d55bd3..e4574dd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wc-sanitize-image-name.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       image-name: ${{ steps.sanitize-image-name.outputs.sanitized-image-name }}
       fully-qualified-image-name: ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ steps.sanitize-image-name.outputs.sanitized-image-name }}
     steps:
-      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 # v2.19.1
+      - uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
         with:
           disable-sudo-and-containers: true
           allowed-endpoints: >
diff --git a/.mega-linter.yml b/.mega-linter.yml
index 48306884..0d2105e9 100644
--- a/.mega-linter.yml
+++ b/.mega-linter.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ENABLE:
   - SPELL
   - YAML
 DISABLE_LINTERS:
+  - ACTION_ZIZMOR # Disable zizmor as we run it outside of MegaLinter
   - REPOSITORY_DEVSKIM
   - REPOSITORY_DUSTILOCK
   - REPOSITORY_KICS
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ DISABLE_LINTERS:
   - JSON_JSONLINT
   - SPELL_CSPELL
 DISABLE_ERRORS_LINTERS:
+  - REPOSITORY_OSV_SCANNER
   - SPELL_LYCHEE
 SARIF_REPORTER: true
 PRINT_ALPACA: false