Python queries for CodeQL analysis

Explore the queries that CodeQL uses to analyze code written in Python when you select the default or the security-extended query suite.

Who can use this feature?

CodeQL is available for the following repository types:

CodeQL includes many queries for analyzing Python code. All queries in the default query suite are run by default. If you choose to use the security-extended query suite, additional queries are run. For more information, see "CodeQL query suites."

Built-in queries for Python analysis

This table lists the queries available with the latest release of the CodeQL action and CodeQL CLI. For more information, see CodeQL change logs in the CodeQL documentation site.

Query nameRelated CWEsDefaultExtendedCopilot Autofix
Accepting unknown SSH host keys when using Paramiko295
Bad HTML filtering regexp116, 020, 185, 186
Binding a socket to all network interfaces200
Clear-text logging of sensitive information312, 359, 532
Clear-text storage of sensitive information312, 315, 359
Code injection094, 095, 116
Construction of a cookie using user-supplied input20
CSRF protection weakened or disabled352
Default version of SSL/TLS may be insecure327
Deserialization of user-controlled data502
Failure to use secure cookies614, 1004, 1275
Flask app is run in debug mode215, 489
Full server-side request forgery918
HTTP Response Splitting113, 079
Incomplete regular expression for hostnames020
Incomplete URL substring sanitization20
Inefficient regular expression1333, 730, 400
Information exposure through an exception209, 497
Insecure temporary file377
LDAP query built from user-controlled sources090
NoSQL Injection943
Overly permissive regular expression range020
PAM authorization bypass due to incorrect usage285
Polynomial regular expression used on uncontrolled data1333, 730, 400
Reflected server-side cross-site scripting079, 116
Regular expression injection730, 400
SQL query built from user-controlled sources089
Uncontrolled command line078, 088
Uncontrolled data used in path expression022, 023, 036, 073, 099
URL redirection from remote source601
Use of a broken or weak cryptographic algorithm327
Use of a broken or weak cryptographic hashing algorithm on sensitive data327, 328, 916
Use of insecure SSL/TLS version327
Use of weak cryptographic key326
XML external entity expansion611, 827
XML internal entity expansion776, 400
XPath query built from user-controlled sources643
Arbitrary file write during tarfile extraction022
Hard-coded credentials259, 321, 798
Jinja2 templating with autoescape=False079
Log Injection117
Overly permissive file permissions732
Partial server-side request forgery918
Request without certificate validation295
Unsafe shell command constructed from library input078, 088, 073