GH-500 Exam Dumps - GitHub Advanced Security Exam

In a query suite (a .qls file), the **query** key is used to specify the paths to one or more .ql files that should be included in the suite.

Example:

- query: path/to/query.ql

qls is the file format.

qlpack is used for packaging queries, not in suite syntax.

GitHub allows organization owners and repository administrators to grant additional people or teams access to repository security alerts, including Dependabot alerts, but the recipients must already have write access to that repository. Users with write, maintain, or admin access can normally view relevant repository security alerts, while additional alert-access assignments are also constrained by repository access. A team that merely has Read access to another repository does not satisfy this requirement. Similarly, an outside collaborator with only Read access or an enterprise member who has not been assigned access to the repository cannot be granted the alert access described by the question. Therefore, members of a team that has Write access to the affected repository meet GitHub's permission requirement.

In a workflow : GitHub Actions workflows are the most common place for CodeQL code scanning. The codeql-analysis.yml defines how the analysis runs and when it triggers.

In an external CI system : GitHub allows you to run CodeQL analysis outside of GitHub Actions. Once complete, the results can be uploaded using the upload-sarif action to make alerts visible in the repository.

You cannot run or trigger analysis from third-party repositories directly, and the Files changed tab in pull requests only shows diff — not analysis results.

These three features provide a complete layer of defense:

Code scanning identifies security flaws in your source code

Secret scanning detects exposed credentials

Dependency review shows the impact of package changes during a pull request

Together, they give developers actionable insight into risk and coverage throughout the SDLC.

When integrating CodeQL outside of GitHub Actions (e.g., in Jenkins, CircleCI):

Install the CLI : Needed to run CodeQL commands.

Analyze code : Perform the CodeQL analysis on your project with the CLI.

Upload scan results : Export the results in SARIF format and use GitHub’s API to upload them to your repo’s security tab.

You don’t need to write custom queries unless extending functionality. “Processing alerts” happens after GitHub receives the results.