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Merge pull request #20937 from owen-mc/actions/fix/code-injection-privileged-context
Actions: fix filtering of code injection results between medium and critical version of query
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‎actions/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-11-28-fix-code-injection-alert-filtering.md‎

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category: majorAnalysis
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---
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* The query `actions/code-injection/medium` has been updated to include results which were incorrectly excluded while filtering out results that are reported by `actions/code-injection/critical`.

‎actions/ql/lib/codeql/actions/security/CodeInjectionQuery.qll‎

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Event getRelevantCriticalEventForSink(DataFlow::Node sink) {
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inPrivilegedContext(sink.asExpr(), result) and
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not exists(ControlCheck check | check.protects(sink.asExpr(), result, "code-injection")) and
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// exclude cases where the sink is a JS script and the expression uses toJson
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not exists(UsesStep script |
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script.getCallee() = "actions/github-script" and
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script.getArgumentExpr("script") = sink.asExpr() and
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exists(getAToJsonReferenceExpression(sink.asExpr().(Expression).getExpression(), _))
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)
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not isGithubScriptUsingToJson(sink.asExpr())
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}
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/**
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/** Tracks flow of unsafe user input that is used to construct and evaluate a code script. */
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module CodeInjectionFlow = TaintTracking::Global<CodeInjectionConfig>;
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/**
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* Holds if there is a code injection flow from `source` to `sink` with
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* critical severity, linked by `event`.
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*/
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predicate criticalSeverityCodeInjection(
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CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode source, CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode sink, Event event
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) {
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CodeInjectionFlow::flowPath(source, sink) and
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event = getRelevantCriticalEventForSink(sink.getNode()) and
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source.getNode().(RemoteFlowSource).getEventName() = event.getName()
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}
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/**
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* Holds if there is a code injection flow from `source` to `sink` with medium severity.
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*/
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predicate mediumSeverityCodeInjection(
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CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode source, CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode sink
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) {
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CodeInjectionFlow::flowPath(source, sink) and
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not criticalSeverityCodeInjection(source, sink, _) and
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not isGithubScriptUsingToJson(sink.getNode().asExpr())
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}
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/**
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* Holds if `expr` is the `script` input to `actions/github-script` and it uses
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* `toJson`.
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*/
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predicate isGithubScriptUsingToJson(Expression expr) {
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exists(UsesStep script |
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script.getCallee() = "actions/github-script" and
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script.getArgumentExpr("script") = expr and
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exists(getAToJsonReferenceExpression(expr.getExpression(), _))
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)
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}

‎actions/ql/src/Security/CWE-094/CodeInjectionCritical.ql‎

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import codeql.actions.security.ControlChecks
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from CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode source, CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode sink, Event event
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where
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CodeInjectionFlow::flowPath(source, sink) and
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event = getRelevantCriticalEventForSink(sink.getNode()) and
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source.getNode().(RemoteFlowSource).getEventName() = event.getName()
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where criticalSeverityCodeInjection(source, sink, event)
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select sink.getNode(), source, sink,
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"Potential code injection in $@, which may be controlled by an external user ($@).", sink,
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sink.getNode().asExpr().(Expression).getRawExpression(), event, event.getName()

‎actions/ql/src/Security/CWE-094/CodeInjectionMedium.ql‎

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import CodeInjectionFlow::PathGraph
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from CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode source, CodeInjectionFlow::PathNode sink
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where
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CodeInjectionFlow::flowPath(source, sink) and
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inNonPrivilegedContext(sink.getNode().asExpr()) and
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// exclude cases where the sink is a JS script and the expression uses toJson
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not exists(UsesStep script |
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script.getCallee() = "actions/github-script" and
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script.getArgumentExpr("script") = sink.getNode().asExpr() and
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exists(getAToJsonReferenceExpression(sink.getNode().asExpr().(Expression).getExpression(), _))
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)
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where mediumSeverityCodeInjection(source, sink)
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select sink.getNode(), source, sink,
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"Potential code injection in $@, which may be controlled by an external user.", sink,
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sink.getNode().asExpr().(Expression).getRawExpression()

‎actions/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-094/.github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml‎

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on:
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push:
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workflow_dispatch:
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jobs:
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echo-chamber:
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.commits[11].message }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.commits[11].author.email }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.commits[11].author.name }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.head_commit.author.email }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.head_commit.author.name }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.head_commit.committer.email }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.head_commit.committer.name }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.commits[11].committer.email }}'
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- run: echo '${{ github.event.commits[11].committer.name }}'

‎actions/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-094/CodeInjectionCritical.expected‎

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| .github/workflows/push.yml:14:19:14:64 | github.event.head_commit.committer.name | semmle.label | github.event.head_commit.committer.name |
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| .github/workflows/push.yml:16:19:16:64 | github.event.commits[11].committer.name | semmle.label | github.event.commits[11].committer.name |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:9:19:9:57 | github.event.commits[11].message | semmle.label | github.event.commits[11].message |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:10:19:10:62 | github.event.commits[11].author.email | semmle.label | github.event.commits[11].author.email |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:11:19:11:61 | github.event.commits[11].author.name | semmle.label | github.event.commits[11].author.name |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:12:19:12:57 | github.event.head_commit.message | semmle.label | github.event.head_commit.message |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:13:19:13:62 | github.event.head_commit.author.email | semmle.label | github.event.head_commit.author.email |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:14:19:14:61 | github.event.head_commit.author.name | semmle.label | github.event.head_commit.author.name |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:15:19:15:65 | github.event.head_commit.committer.email | semmle.label | github.event.head_commit.committer.email |
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| .github/workflows/push_and_workflow_dispatch.yml:18:19:18:64 | github.event.commits[11].committer.name | semmle.label | github.event.commits[11].committer.name |
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