Merge branch `next` and update CodeQL to v2.23.3 #4815

Job	Run time
Prepare CodeQL unit test matrix	23s
Run unit tests (c, 2.23.3, codeql-cli/v2.23.3, codeql-bundle-v2.23.3, ubuntu-latest-xl, codeql-cl...	50m 6s
Run unit tests (cpp, 2.23.3, codeql-cli/v2.23.3, codeql-bundle-v2.23.3, ubuntu-latest-xl, codeql-...	2h 5m 47s
Validate test results	6s
	2h 56m 22s

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