Set minimum permissions for workflows

[gabibguti]

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
GitHub workflows are granted high permissions by default. Permissions that allow, for example, to delete your source code and publish releases. The permissions can be exploited by malicious actions run in the workflow or malicious PRs if run on pull_request_target. This is specially important when using 3P actions such as:

google-http-java-client/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml

Line 42 in 1acedf7

uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4.5

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Describe the solution you'd like
Set restricted permissions to run GitHub workflows or declare minimum permissions in the workflows.
e.g. permissions: contents: read for workflows that only need to do actions/checkout.

Describe alternatives you've considered
None.

Additional context
My name is Gabriela and I work on behalf of Google and the OpenSSF suggesting supply-chain security changes.