From f1924d6643df98387955f8c7ea493451cafc5c8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nikhil-mittal-165 <nik.mittal165@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:49:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] RELEASE @W-19079373@ Prevent PR title injection in
 validate-pr workflow (#2079)

---
 .github/workflows/validate-pr.yml | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
index 5c390ba1d..849ead8eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [edited, opened, reopened, synchronize]
 
+# Principle of least privilege: this workflow only needs to read repository
+# contents. Restricting the token limits the blast radius of any compromised step.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   # We need to verify that the Pull Request's title matches the desired format.
   verify_pr_title:
@@ -13,10 +18,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Verify PR Title
+        # Pass untrusted values (the PR title and branch refs) via the
+        # environment rather than direct ${{ }} interpolation, so they are
+        # treated as data and cannot inject shell commands.
+        env:
+          PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         run: |
-          title="${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
+          title="$PR_TITLE"
           title_upper=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
-          base_ref="${{ github.base_ref }}"
+          base_ref="$BASE_REF"
+          head_ref="$HEAD_REF"
 
           # Define regex patterns for different types of PR titles
           MAIN2DEV_REGEX="^MAIN2DEV[[:space:]]*:?[[:space:]]*@W-[[:digit:]]{8,9}@.*MERGING.+[[:digit:]]{1,2}\.[[:digit:]]{1,2}\.[[:digit:]]{1,2}.*"
@@ -24,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           PR_INTO_DEV_OR_RELEASE_REGEX="^(FIX|CHANGE|NEW)([[:space:]]*\([^)]+\))?[[:space:]]*:?[[:space:]]*@W-[[:digit:]]{8,9}@.+"
 
           # Validate PR title based on base_ref and head_ref
-          if [[ "$base_ref" == "dev" && "${{ startsWith(github.head_ref, 'm2d/') }}" == "true" ]]; then
+          if [[ "$base_ref" == "dev" && "$head_ref" == m2d/* ]]; then
             if [[ ! "$title_upper" =~ $MAIN2DEV_REGEX ]]; then
               echo "::error::Invalid PR title: '$title'. Please follow the format: Main2Dev @W-XXXXXXXX@ Merging.*\d+\.\d+\.\d+"
               exit 1
@@ -34,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
               echo "::error::Invalid PR title: '$title'. Please follow the format: RELEASE @W-XXXXXXXX@ Summary"
               exit 1
             fi
-          elif [[ "$base_ref" == "dev" || "${{ startsWith(github.base_ref, 'release-') }}" == "true" ]]; then
+          elif [[ "$base_ref" == "dev" || "$base_ref" == release-* ]]; then
             if [[ ! "$title_upper" =~ $PR_INTO_DEV_OR_RELEASE_REGEX ]]; then
               echo "::error::Invalid PR title: '$title'. Please follow the format: FIX|CHANGE|NEW (__) @W-XXXXXXXX@ Summary"
               exit 1

From fdc42875cfd0d73fd21d62407cc1b181ed8a42e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:41:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Preparing for v5.16.0 release.

---
 package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 package.json      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e1a88ad4c..aee2a8277 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "@salesforce/plugin-code-analyzer",
-	"version": "5.15.0",
+	"version": "5.16.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "@salesforce/plugin-code-analyzer",
-			"version": "5.15.0",
+			"version": "5.16.0",
 			"license": "BSD-3-Clause",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@oclif/core": "^4.13.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aef301a70..c4dfe08be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "@salesforce/plugin-code-analyzer",
 	"description": "Salesforce Code Analyzer is a unified tool to help Salesforce developers analyze their source code for security vulnerabilities, performance issues, best practices, and more.",
-	"version": "5.15.0",
+	"version": "5.16.0",
 	"author": "Salesforce Code Analyzer Team",
 	"bugs": "https://github.com/forcedotcom/code-analyzer/issues",
 	"type": "module",