NOTE: At the rate symbol not accepting, so I am replace that at the rate symbol with underscore(_) ALM used Azure DevOps Services CI system used Azure Pipelines (YAML) Scanner command used Using the standard SonarCloudPrepare_4 execution task running via manual configuration (scannerMode: CLI)…

[image] Volker Milbrandt: Already reported at Security hotspot on azure-pipelines.yml (azurepipelines:S7637) Thanks for sharing that link! I went through the thread, and it definitely confirms that SonarSource is intentionally strict about this rule even for their own marketplace tasks becaus…

Yes, it’s unsatisfactory. I’d also like to receive all updates with fixes and potential security vulnerability patches. On the one hand, the rule is comparable to the lock files of various package managers. And there have been attacks via compromised or faulty packages. On the other side, we have t…

Hi everyone, To give some context on the design intent: rule azurepipelines:S7637 is fundamentally about supply chain security. The core philosophy is that pipeline builds should be deterministic and immutable. Automatically pulling minor/patch updates introduces a window where a compromised or bro…

Hi Daniel, Thank you for the detailed context regarding the design intent behind azurepipelines:S7637. To help us establish a robust governance process around this, what is the official SonarQube recommendation for the frequency and period of reviewing these pinned versions? Specifically, we want …

Hi Sai, Thanks for your follow-up question. Giving you a general frequency recommendation is difficult as this will most likely strongly depend on your project sizes, your release cycles, your company’s risk appetite, etc. I don’t think that you need to make a distinction between SonarCloud/Sonar…

False Positive Conflict on azurepipelines sonarcloud Tasks (e.g. SonarCloudPrepare@4)

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milbrandt (Volker Milbrandt) July 2, 2026, 4:59pm 2

Already reported at Security hotspot on azure-pipelines.yml (azurepipelines:S7637)

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Security hotspot on azure-pipelines.yml (azurepipelines:S7637) SonarQube Cloud azuredevops-services , security-hotspot	3	298	May 28, 2026
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"The requested security protocol is not supported." -- Azure DevOps task fails after extension update SonarQube Cloud scanner , sonarqube-cloud	29	5067	February 8, 2022
A task is missing. Specifying minor task version in YML pipeline is not working SonarQube Server / Community Build azure-devops	3	1496	July 17, 2023

False Positive Conflict on azurepipelines sonarcloud Tasks (e.g. SonarCloudPrepare@4)

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