CodeQL, a semantic code analysis engine and query tool for finding security vulnerabilities across a codebase, has been made available for free by GitHub for anyone to use in research or to ...

Image Credits: GitHub In the background, this new feature uses the CodeQL engine, GitHub’s semantic analysis engine to find vulnerabilities in code, even before it has been executed.

Developers can now scan their code with GitHub's CodeQL analysis engine for free and without manual setup.

GitHub introduced a new option to set up code scanning for a repository known as "default setup," designed to help developers configure it automatically with just a few clicks.

GitHub’s code scanning is powered by its CodeQL engine, and while it supports a wide variety of compilers, so far the feature is only available for Python, JavaScript, and Ruby.

Along with Copilot AI, code scanning autofix is powered by CodeQL, a semantic code analysis engine developed by GitHub to automate security checks by enabling developers to analyze their code and ...

One year after acquiring software security scanning specialist Semmle, and following a successful five-month beta process, GitHub is making its CodeQL code scanning capabilities available publicly ...