Added scorecard workflow (#362)

This pull request aims to introduce scorecard checks to proactively
identify any potential vulnerabilities or open security issues. Any
identified vulnerabilities will be addressed in subsequent PRs.

.github/workflows/scorecard.yml

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+name: Scorecard
+on:
+  # For Branch-Protection check. Only the default branch is supported. See
+  # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#branch-protection
+  branch_protection_rule:
+  # To guarantee Maintained check is occasionally updated. See
+  # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#maintained
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+# Declare default permissions as read only.
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  analysis:
+    # Avoid running this on forks
+    if: github.repository == 'Open-CMSIS-Pack/cpackget'
+    name: Scorecard analysis
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # Needed to upload the results to code-scanning dashboard.
+      security-events: write
+      # Needed to publish results and get a badge (see publish_results below).
+      id-token: write
+      # Uncomment the permissions below if installing in a private repository.
+      # contents: read
+      # actions: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - name: "Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: "Run analysis"
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@62b2cac7ed8198b15735ed49ab1e5cf35480ba46 # v2.4.0
+        with:
+          results_file: results.sarif
+          results_format: sarif
+          # (Optional) "write" PAT token. Uncomment the `repo_token` line below if:
+          # - you want to enable the Branch-Protection check on a *public* repository, or
+          # - you are installing Scorecard on a *private* repository
+          # To create the PAT, follow the steps in https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action#authentication-with-pat.
+          # repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_TOKEN }}
+
+          # Public repositories:
+          #   - Publish results to OpenSSF REST API for easy access by consumers
+          #   - Allows the repository to include the Scorecard badge.
+          #   - See https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action#publishing-results.
+          # For private repositories:
+          #   - `publish_results` will always be set to `false`, regardless
+          #     of the value entered here.
+          publish_results: true
+
+      # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
+      # format to the repository Actions tab.
+      - name: "Upload artifact"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
+        with:
+          name: SARIF file
+          path: results.sarif
+          retention-days: 5
+
+      # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
+      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@f779452ac5af1c261dce0346a8f964149f49322b # v3.26.13
+        with:
+          sarif_file: results.sarif

README.md

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 [![Maintainability](https://api.codeclimate.com/v1/badges/eea6cb90a9a1e39bcff7/maintainability)](https://codeclimate.com/github/Open-CMSIS-Pack/cpackget/maintainability)
 [![Test Coverage](https://api.codeclimate.com/v1/badges/eea6cb90a9a1e39bcff7/test_coverage)](https://codeclimate.com/github/Open-CMSIS-Pack/cpackget/test_coverage)
+[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/cpackget/badge)](https://securityscorecards.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/cpackget)
 
 # cpackget: Open-CMSIS-Pack Package Installer