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@pje pje commented Sep 27, 2023

Currently we're using v1, and there have been some important changes since then.

In particular, the latest version, v2.14.4, contains an important security patch:

The CodeQL CLI no longer supports the SEMMLE_JAVA_ARGS environment variable. All previous versions of the CodeQL CLI perform command substitution on the SEMMLE_JAVA_ARGS value (for example, replacing '$(echo foo)' with 'foo') when starting a new Java virtual machine, which, depending on the execution environment, may have security implications. Users are advised to check their environments for possible SEMMLE_JAVA_ARGS misuse.

See the codeql-cli-binaries release notes for full details.

Currently we're using v1, and there have been some important changes since then.

In particular, the latest version, v2.14.4, contains an important security patch:

> The CodeQL CLI no longer supports the `SEMMLE_JAVA_ARGS` environment variable. All previous versions of the CodeQL CLI perform command substitution on the `SEMMLE_JAVA_ARGS` value (for example, replacing `'$(echo foo)'` with `'foo'`) when starting a new Java virtual machine, which, depending on the execution environment, may have security implications. Users are advised to check their environments for possible `SEMMLE_JAVA_ARGS` misuse.

See the [codeql-action release notes](https://github.com/github/codeql-cli-binaries/releases/tag/v2.14.4) for full details.
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Hello! Thank you for your contribution.

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@pje pje merged commit 75f2492 into main Sep 27, 2023
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