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General issue: CWE-208 coverage for javascript #21021

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@aniakowalewska1

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CodeQL currently does not detect CWE-208 (Observable Timing Discrepancy) in JavaScript/TypeScript, while this weakness is covered in Java/Kotlin, Python and Ruby. This appears to be a language coverage gap rather than a configuration issue. [https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/full-cwe/]

Example
In authentication or validation logic, I would expect CodeQL to at least be able
to model potential timing differences, for example:

if (value !== expectedValue) {
  return res.status(401).json({ message: 'Invalid token' });
}

Question
Is there a plan to expand CodeQL query coverage for this weakness in the remaining languages?

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