CodeQL 2.17.1 (2024-04-24)¶
Contents
This is an overview of changes in the CodeQL CLI and relevant CodeQL query and library packs. For additional updates on changes to the CodeQL code scanning experience, check out the code scanning section on the GitHub blog, relevant GitHub Changelog updates, changes in the CodeQL extension for Visual Studio Code, and the CodeQL Action changelog.
Security Coverage¶
CodeQL 2.17.1 runs a total of 412 security queries when configured with the Default suite (covering 160 CWE). The Extended suite enables an additional 130 queries (covering 34 more CWE). 2 security queries have been added with this release.
CodeQL CLI¶
Deprecations¶
- The
--modeoption and-malias tocodeql database create,codeql database cleanup, andcodeql dataset cleanuphas been deprecated. Instead, use the new--cache-cleanupoption, which has identical behavior.
Improvements¶
- Improved the diagnostic message produced when no code is processed when creating a database. If a build mode was specified using
--build-mode, the message is now tailored to your build mode.
Query Packs¶
Minor Analysis Improvements¶
Java/Kotlin¶
- The
java/unknown-javadoc-parameternow accepts@paramtags that apply to the parameters of a record.
JavaScript/TypeScript¶
API::Node#getInstance()now includes instances of subclasses, include transitive subclasses. The same changes applies to uses of theInstancetoken in data extensions.
New Queries¶
Ruby¶
- Added a new query,
rb/insecure-mass-assignment, for finding instances of mass assignment operations accepting arbitrary parameters from remote user input. - Added a new query,
rb/csrf-protection-not-enabled, to detect cases where Cross-Site Request Forgery protection is not enabled in Ruby on Rails controllers.
Language Libraries¶
Minor Analysis Improvements¶
C#¶
- Extracting suppress nullable warning expressions did not work when applied directly to a method call (like
System.Console.Readline()!). This has been fixed.
Golang¶
- Data flow through variables declared in statements of the form
x := y.(type)at the beginning of type switches has been fixed, which may result in more alerts. - Added strings.ReplaceAll, http.ParseMultipartForm sanitizers and remove path sanitizer.
Java/Kotlin¶
- About 6,700 summary models and 6,800 neutral summary models for the JDK that were generated using data flow have been added. This may lead to new alerts being reported.
Python¶
- Improved the type-tracking capabilities (and therefore also API graphs) to allow tracking items in tuples and dictionaries.