Security

Find and fix security issues as you code

Write more secure code from the start with security analysis built into your development workflow. GitHub Advanced Security helps you find and address security issues in your code earlier, improving the security of your projects.

A security review with every git push

Code scanning scans your code for security issues as you write it, and integrates the results natively into the developer workflow. Schedule security analysis to run on every push and every pull request on a schedule or ad-hoc.

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Enabling code scanning for a repository

Get set up in minutes using GitHub Actions, or run analysis in any CI provider.

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Enabling code scanning using actions

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About CodeQL code scanning in your CI system

See security scanning results on your pull requests as part of code review.

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Scanning on push

Integrate any static application security testing (SAST) engine. Use CodeQL, an open source engine, or any commercial third-party SAST tool.

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About integration with code scanning

Audit changes to your code in response to a security scanning result.

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Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests

Monitor results across codebases in a centralized view, allowing you to prioritize the most important issues.

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Managing code scanning alerts for your repository

Export results via our API and listen for new alerts via webhooks.

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Integrations with webhooks

Find critical vulnerabilities and eradicate them, forever

CodeQL is a revolutionary semantic code engine that queries your code as data. Find security issues deep in your code. CodeQL’s powerful analysis can trace data flows through your application to identify vulnerabilities like SQL injection and remote code execution.

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