CodeQL False Positive? java/xxe with javax.xml.transform.Transformer
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CodeQL reports a "Resolving XML external entity in user-controlled data" alert for the following Java code. This appears to be a false positive.
Could the query be enhanced to recognise the following fixes applied to the javax.xml.transform.Transformer instance?
```import javax.xml.transform.*;
...
TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
factory.setAttribute(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD, ""); // fixes the vulnerability
factory.setAttribute(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET, ""); // fixes the vulnerability
Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();
transformer.transform(source, result); /// wrongly (?) reports a java/xxe vulnerability
return result.getNode();
```
Also the following should/could be recognised as a fix?
```
...
factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true); // fixes the vulnerability where supported
Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();
```
CodeQL version: 2.7.6
See also: https://github.com/github/codeql/issues/7607
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