Add codeql comments and small fix

extensions/markdown-language-features/preview-src/index.ts

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ window.addEventListener('message', async event => {
 			const root = document.querySelector('.markdown-body')!;
 
 			const parser = new DOMParser();
-			const newContent = parser.parseFromString(data.content, 'text/html');
+			const newContent = parser.parseFromString(data.content, 'text/html'); // CodeQL [SM03712] This renderers content from the workspace into the Markdown preview. Webviews (and the markdown preview) have many other security measures in place to make this safe
 
 			// Strip out meta http-equiv tags
 			for (const metaElement of Array.from(newContent.querySelectorAll('meta'))) {

extensions/markdown-language-features/src/languageFeatures/copyFiles/shared.ts

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function escapeHtmlAttribute(attr: string): string {
 
 function escapeMarkdownLinkPath(mdPath: string): string {
 	if (needsBracketLink(mdPath)) {
-		return '<' + mdPath.replace('<', '\\<').replace('>', '\\>') + '>';
+		return '<' + mdPath.replaceAll('<', '\\<').replaceAll('>', '\\>') + '>';
 	}
 
 	return encodeURI(mdPath);

extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/jsDocCompletions.ts

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class JsDocCompletionProvider implements vscode.CompletionItemProvider {
 export function templateToSnippet(template: string): vscode.SnippetString {
 	// TODO: use append placeholder
 	let snippetIndex = 1;
-	template = template.replace(/\$/g, '\\$');
+	template = template.replace(/\$/g, '\\$'); // CodeQL [SM02383] This is only used for text which is put into the editor. It is not for rendered html
 	template = template.replace(/^[ \t]*(?=(\/|[ ]\*))/gm, '');
 	template = template.replace(/^(\/\*\*\s*\*[ ]*)$/m, (x) => x + `\$0`);
 	template = template.replace(/\* @param([ ]\{\S+\})?\s+(\S+)[ \t]*$/gm, (_param, type, post) => {

extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/util/textRendering.ts

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function convertLinkTags(
 }
 
 function escapeMarkdownSyntaxTokensForCode(text: string): string {
-	return text.replace(/`/g, '\\$&');
+	return text.replace(/`/g, '\\$&'); // CodeQL [SM02383] This is only meant to escape backticks. The Markdown is fully sanitized after being rendered.
 }
 
 export function tagsToMarkdown(

src/vs/base/common/htmlContent.ts

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function markdownStringEqual(a: IMarkdownString, b: IMarkdownString): boo
 
 export function escapeMarkdownSyntaxTokens(text: string): string {
 	// escape markdown syntax tokens: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#backslash
-	return text.replace(/[\\`*_{}[\]()#+\-!~]/g, '\\$&');
+	return text.replace(/[\\`*_{}[\]()#+\-!~]/g, '\\$&'); // CodeQL [SM02383] Backslash is escaped in the character class
 }
 
 export function escapeDoubleQuotes(input: string) {

src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/webviewPreloads.ts

@@ -882,8 +882,8 @@ async function webviewPreloads(ctx: PreloadContext) {
 	const onDidReceiveKernelMessage = createEmitter<unknown>();
 
 	const ttPolicy = window.trustedTypes?.createPolicy('notebookRenderer', {
-		createHTML: value => value,
-		createScript: value => value,
+		createHTML: value => value, // CodeQL [SM03712] The rendered content is provided by renderer extensions, which are responsible for sanitizing their content themselves. The notebook webview is also sandboxed.
+		createScript: value => value, // CodeQL [SM03712] The rendered content is provided by renderer extensions, which are responsible for sanitizing their content themselves. The notebook webview is also sandboxed.
 	});
 
 	window.addEventListener('wheel', handleWheel);