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CodeQL 2.25.5 Enhances Query Accuracy
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- →Enhancements reduce false positives, improving developer trust in security scans.
- →Expanded detection capabilities in GitHub Actions increase security coverage.
- →Automatic deployment ensures users benefit from improvements without manual updates.
GitHub has released CodeQL 2.25.5, enhancing the static analysis engine used for code scanning. This update improves query accuracy across C/C++, Java/Kotlin, and GitHub Actions, reducing false positives and expanding detection capabilities. Notably, the update refines the identification of read-only path sinks in Java/Kotlin and adjusts the cpp/cleartext-transmission query for C/C++. GitHub Actions queries now analyze composite action metadata, providing more comprehensive security checks. These improvements are automatically deployed to GitHub code scanning users and will be included in the upcoming GitHub Enterprise Server release.
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