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CodeQL query help¶

View the query help for the queries included in the default, security-extended, and security-and-quality query suites for the languages supported by CodeQL.

• CodeQL query help for C and C++

• CodeQL query help for C#

• CodeQL query help for GitHub Actions

• CodeQL query help for Go

• CodeQL query help for Java and Kotlin

• CodeQL query help for JavaScript and TypeScript

• CodeQL query help for Python

• CodeQL query help for Ruby

• CodeQL query help for Rust

• CodeQL query help for Swift

Information

Each query help article includes:

• A summary of key metadata for the query.

• Information about which query suites the query is included in.

• A link to the query in the CodeQL repository.

• A description of the potential vulnerability that the query identifies and a recommendation for how to avoid introducing the problem to your code.

For a full list of the CWEs covered by these queries, see “CodeQL CWE coverage.”

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