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codeql/change-notes/1.23/analysis-go.md
Felicity Chapman de2c7d8884 Minor text changes
2019-11-25 15:48:58 +00:00

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Improvements to Go analysis

New queries

Query Tags Purpose
Clear-text logging of sensitive information (go/clear-text-logging) security, external/cwe/cwe-312, external/cwe/cwe-315, external/cwe/cwe-359 Highlights code that writes sensitive information to a log file, or to the console, without encryption or hashing. Results are shown on LGTM by default.
Open URL redirect (go/unvalidated-url-redirection) security, external/cwe/cwe-601 Highlights code that redirects to a URL that may be controlled by an attacker. Results are shown on LGTM by default.

Changes to existing queries

Query Expected impact Change
Expression has no effect (go/useless-expression) Fewer false positive results This query no longer flags calls to empty stub functions.
Hard-coded credentials (go/hardcoded-credentials) Fewer false positive results This query now recognizes more placeholder credentials.