Set CWE-134 from 9.3 to 7.3 CVSS score for memory safe languages (#2) #19738
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- Sync up to score given to javascript/ruby
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Pull Request Overview
This PR lowers the @security-severity for CWE-134 (uncontrolled/tainted format string) queries from 9.3 to 7.3 in memory-safe languages and adds corresponding change notes.
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@security-severityfrom 9.3 to 7.3 in Swift, Java, and C# QL queries. - Added change-note markdown files documenting the severity adjustment.
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| swift/ql/src/queries/Security/CWE-134/UncontrolledFormatString.ql | Updated @security-severity from 9.3 to 7.3 |
| swift/ql/src/change-notes/2025-06-06-reduce-CWE-134-for-memory-safe-languages.md | Added change note for Swift severity adjustment |
| java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-134/ExternallyControlledFormatString.ql | Updated @security-severity from 9.3 to 7.3 |
| java/ql/src/change-notes/2025-06-06-reduce-CWE-134-for-memory-safe-languages.md | Added change note for Java severity adjustment |
| csharp/ql/src/Security Features/CWE-134/UncontrolledFormatString.ql | Updated @security-severity from 9.3 to 7.3 |
| csharp/ql/src/change-notes/2025-06-06-reduce-CWE-134-for-memory-safe-languages.md | Added change note for C# severity adjustment |
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csharp/ql/src/Security Features/CWE-134/UncontrolledFormatString.ql:1
- The directory name 'Security Features' is inconsistent with other languages’ 'Security/CWE-134' structure; consider renaming to maintain consistency across the codebase.
csharp/ql/src/Security Features/CWE-134/UncontrolledFormatString.ql
java/ql/src/change-notes/2025-06-06-reduce-CWE-134-for-memory-safe-languages.md:4
- Ensure that any existing QL tests or validation suites that assert on the previous @security-severity value are updated to expect the new severity of 7.3, to avoid test failures or untested behavior.
* Adjusts the `@security-severity` from 9.3 to 7.3 for `java/tainted-format-string` to align `CWE-134` severity for memory safe languages to better reflect their impact.
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This is a copy of #19530, hopefully with line endings fixed so that CI will pass.