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Code security
Getting started
GitHub security features
Dependabot quickstart
Secure your repository
Secure your organization
Add a security policy
Audit security alerts
Prevent data leaks
Secret scanning
About secret scanning
Partner program
Configure secret scans
Manage secret alerts
Secret scanning patterns
Push protection for repositories
Push protection for users
Push a blocked branch
Troubleshoot secret scanning
Code scanning
Introduction
About code scanning
About CodeQL code scanning
Enable code scanning
Configure code scanning
Code scanning at scale
Create advanced setup
Configure advanced setup
Customize advanced setup
CodeQL for compiled languages
CodeQL advanced setup at scale
Hardware resources for CodeQL
Code scanning in a container
Manage alerts
About code scanning alerts
Manage alerts
Triage alerts in pull requests
Track alerts in issues
Manage code scanning
Code scanning tool status
Edit default setup
Built-in CodeQL query suites
View code scanning logs
Integrate with code scanning
About integration
Upload a SARIF file
SARIF support
Use CodeQL in CI system
Code scanning in your CI
Install CodeQL CLI
Configure CodeQL CLI
Migrating from the CodeQL runner
Troubleshooting code scanning
Default setup fails with a language
Advanced Security must be enabled
Alerts in generated code
Automatic build failed
Analysis takes too long
Fewer lines scanned than expected
Enabling default setup takes too long
Extraction errors in the database
Logs not detailed enough
No source code seen during build
Not recognized
Out of disk or memory
Some languages not analyzed
Resource not accessible
Results different than expected
Results differ between platforms
Server error
Two CodeQL workflows
Unclear what triggered a workflow
Unnecessary step found
Troubleshooting SARIF uploads
GitHub Advanced Security disabled
Default setup is enabled
GitHub token missing
SARIF file invalid
Results file too large
Results exceed limits
CodeQL CLI
Getting started
About the CodeQL CLI
Setting up the CodeQL CLI
Preparing code for analysis
Analyzing code
Customizing analysis
Uploading results to GitHub
Advanced functionality
About CodeQL workspaces
Using custom queries with the CodeQL CLI
Creating CodeQL query suites
Testing custom queries
Testing query help files
Creating and working with CodeQL packs
Publishing and using CodeQL packs
Specifying command options in a CodeQL configuration file
Query reference files
CodeQL CLI SARIF output
Extractor options
Exit codes
CodeQL CLI manual
bqrs decode
bqrs diff
bqrs hash
bqrs info
bqrs interpret
database add-diagnostic
database analyze
database bundle
database cleanup
database create
database export-diagnostics
database finalize
database import
database index-files
database init
database interpret-results
database print-baseline
database run-queries
database trace-command
database unbundle
database upgrade
dataset check
dataset cleanup
dataset import
dataset measure
dataset upgrade
diagnostic add
diagnostic export
execute cli-server
execute language-server
execute queries
execute query-server
execute query-server2
execute upgrades
generate extensible-predicate-metadata
generate log-summary
generate query-help
github upload-results
pack add
pack bundle
pack ci
pack create
pack download
pack init
pack install
pack ls
pack packlist
pack publish
pack resolve-dependencies
pack upgrade
query compile
query decompile
query format
query run
resolve database
resolve extensions
resolve extensions-by-pack
resolve extractor
resolve files
resolve languages
resolve library-path
resolve metadata
resolve ml-models
resolve qlpacks
resolve qlref
resolve queries
resolve ram
resolve tests
resolve upgrades
test accept
test extract
test run
version
Security advisories
Global security advisories
About the GitHub Advisory database
About global security advisories
Browse Advisory Database
Edit Advisory Database
Repository security advisories
About repository security advisories
Permission levels
Configure for a repository
Configure for an organization
Create repository advisories
Edit repository advisories
Evaluate repository security
Temporary private forks
Publish repository advisories
Add collaborators
Remove collaborators
Withdraw repository advisories
Guidance on reporting and writing
Coordinated disclosure
Best practices
Privately reporting
Manage vulnerability reports
Supply chain security
Understand your supply chain
Supply chain security
Dependency graph
Configure dependency graph
Export dependencies as SBOM
Dependency submission API
Dependency review
Configure dependency review
Explore dependencies
Troubleshoot dependency graph
End-to-end supply chain
Overview
Securing accounts
Securing code
Securing builds
Dependabot
Dependabot alerts
Dependabot alerts
Configure Dependabot alerts
View Dependabot alerts
Configure notifications
Dependabot alert rules
About alert rules
GitHub-curated alert rules
Custom alert rules
Manage auto-dismissed alerts
Dependabot security updates
Dependabot security updates
Configure security updates
Dependabot version updates
Dependabot version updates
Configure version updates
List configured dependencies
Customize updates
Configure dependabot.yml
Work with Dependabot
Manage Dependabot PRs
Use Dependabot with Actions
Auto-update actions
Configure access to private registries
Guidance for configuring private registries
Remove access to public registries
Troubleshoot vulnerability detection
Troubleshoot errors
Security overview
About security overview
Code security
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Getting started
Getting started with code security
Introduction to code security with GitHub.
GitHub security features
Dependabot quickstart guide
Securing your repository
Securing your organization
Adding a security policy to your repository
Auditing security alerts
Best practices for preventing data leaks in your organization