[Feat] Static code analysis

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, javascript, typescript
Domain
ci-cd, security

Research direction

Start by reviewing CodeQL support for TypeScript and JavaScript and GitHub Actions' default setup documentation. Determine how the scan should be integrated into this repository and what reports require maintainer attention. Done means the SAST workflow runs against the project and produces actionable results without leaving the integration scope unresolved.

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Description

feature
Target Use Case

SAST is used to identify security vulnerabilities in your source code. Vulnerabilities such as buffer overflow where attackers can modify the application execution by writing to memory. Different than Fuzzing, where you have to setup your test cases, SAST tools have their own set of test cases that they'll check against your code.

So, SAST benefits the maintainers and users by helping keep the code safe from vulnerabilities, but I understand it comes along additional work to handle the reports and, depending on the tool, some noisy not-secure relevant reports.

Proposal

Add a SAST tool, such as CodeQL. CodeQL has support for TypeScript and JavaScript and should be easy to integrate using their GHA default setup for these languages.

Additional Context

Hi again! I'm Gabriela and I work on behalf of Google and the OpenSSF suggesting supply-chain security changes.

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