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False positive: Ruby: Kernel Open when File existence guard is present

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Description

**Description of the false positive**

When `IO.read` is guarded by a check like `File.exists?`, isn't that a valid guard against injecting the `|` character into `Kernel.open`? I don't imagine that many systems out there have files lying around named `|.txt`.

**Code samples or links to source code**

https://github.com/github/codeql/blob/81593ece5aa7701ec0b103932f84ff65ae506e0b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/security/KernelOpenQuery.qll#L83C1-L87

**URL to the alert on GitHub code scanning (optional)**
- https://github.com/Chainguard-Wolfi-Bites-Back/opensearch-project__logstash-output-opensearch/security/code-scanning/2
- https://github.com/opensearch-project/logstash-output-opensearch/blob/4221dffef4c1d9fd5ded5ae726ef2874fdd9ba5b/lib/logstash/outputs/opensearch/template_manager.rb#L55-L59

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