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False positive

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Domain
security

Research direction

Start by obtaining the missing false-positive description, code sample or source link, and optional GitHub code-scanning alert URL requested in the issue template. Use those details to identify the security alert and the CodeQL query responsible; done means determining whether the alert is incorrect and documenting or implementing a scoped resolution.

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Description

false-positive

Description of the false positive

Code samples or links to source code

URL to the alert on GitHub code scanning (optional)

Dominant language
CodeQL
Stars
10.1k
Forks
2.1k
Avg merge
2d 16h
Merged PRs (30d)
143

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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