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This PR changes the CSV framework coverage reports.

github-actions[bot] opened Jun 20, 2023
main workflow/coverage/update

The provided example case is not detected because the value INT16_MAX + 1 can be represented with 16 bits. To account for the overflow that happens before the comparison we need to determine if the value ...

C++
rvermeulen opened Jun 20, 2023
github:main rvermeulen:rvermeulen/compare-using-integer-precision

For the context, a customer was confused by the postgresql connection example, as the query has detected a hardcoded credential in the HTTP headerAuthorization. The help seems out-of-context for them. ...

documentation JS
adrienpessu opened Jun 19, 2023
2 comments
github:main adrienpessu:main

The release preparation and post-release workflows were not updated for the Swift beta, in which Swift was promoted out of experimental. This PR runs the post-release step for 2.13.3 and the release step ...

documentation Swift
henrymercer opened Jun 19, 2023
1 comment
codeql-cli-2.13.4 henrymercer/release-prep-swift
Go Python Ruby
jketema opened Jun 19, 2023
2 comments
github:main jketema:inline-4

std::result_of was removed in C++20, though the actual removal from the STL library implementations seems to depend on the version. For example using xcode 14.2 one gets away with a deprecation warning, ...

Swift
redsun82 opened Jun 19, 2023
4 comments
main redsun82/swift-remove-result-of

Makes a significant overhaul of API graphs in Ruby, both in how they are implemented and what they are capable of. Currently this is only for Ruby, but some code has already been factored out with intent ...

Python Ruby
asgerf opened Jun 19, 2023
github:main asgerf:rb/tracking-on-demand

AOSP branch: Master command: codeql database create out/codeql_aosp \ --language=cpp \ --command= `pwd`/mmm.sh \ --source-root=./ \ --overwrite \ --threads=12 \ --ram=3276 mmm.sh: #!/bin/bash cd $1 ...

question
Resery opened Jun 19, 2023
5 comments

It should be sink instead of source

no-change-note-required Ruby
maikypedia opened Jun 18, 2023
1 comment
github:main maikypedia:maikypedia/typo

Adds an experimental EmscriptenRunScriptTaint query to detect unsanitized user-input flows to Emscripten run script functions for exported WebAssembly functions. Submitted for All for one, one for all ...

C++
spaceraccoon opened Jun 18, 2023
github:main spaceraccoon:spaceracoon/emscripten-script-injection