diff --git a/stl/inc/xlocinfo b/stl/inc/xlocinfo
index 290596d8bd..e71846c183 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xlocinfo
+++ b/stl/inc/xlocinfo
@@ -183,10 +183,12 @@ public:
 
     template <class _Elem2 = _Elem, enable_if_t<is_same_v<_Elem2, char>, int> = 0>
     void _From_wide(const wchar_t* const _Right) noexcept {
+        // CodeQL [SM02986] We are intentionally storing `wchar_t*` as `char*` due to ABI, see GH-5781
         if (reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(_Myptr) != _Right) { // new value, discard old and copy new
             _Tidy();
 
             if (_Right) { // new is not empty, copy it
+                // CodeQL [SM02986] We are intentionally storing `wchar_t*` as `char*` due to ABI, see GH-5781
                 _Myptr = reinterpret_cast<char*>(_STD _Ntcts_dup_dbg(_Right));
             }
         }
diff --git a/stl/src/locale0.cpp b/stl/src/locale0.cpp
index e47b4e9094..7b176a1edc 100644
--- a/stl/src/locale0.cpp
+++ b/stl/src/locale0.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ void __CLRCALL_PURE_OR_CDECL _Locinfo::_Locinfo_dtor(_Locinfo* pLocinfo) { // de
         // so reinterpret_cast is not reliable.
         _wsetlocale(LC_ALL, L"");
     } else {
+        // CodeQL [SM02986] We are intentionally storing `wchar_t*` as `char*` due to ABI, see GH-5781
         _wsetlocale(LC_ALL, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(pLocinfo->_Oldlocname._C_str()));
     }
 }