Addressing common coding security issues

Integrating security into CI and build phases helps find vulnerabilities that previous source code analysis might have missed. It can be helpful in catching risks that bypass pre-commit or source control checks, either due to insufficient context or because developers might have skipped these checks. This is even more important because some issues only appear when code is compiled, linked, or run in specific environments.

The dynamic nature of software means that during build and integration, code interacts with various dependencies, libraries, and runtime environments, potentially introducing vulnerabilities not visible by only assessing the source code. Third-party components added during building can bring their own security risks. Some security issues, such as buffer overflows or memory management problems in compiled languages, may only surface during compilation and linking. Also, build processes often involve configuration files and...