Real ChatGPT answer · index seedGvfqwEwVZVIcompleteB2B software · developer toolsinformational

Why are some of my github dependabot alerts showing up as high severity even though the vulnerable function is never actually called in my project code?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries10/31/2026
Download run

Fan-out diagram

The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Why are some of my github dependabot alerts showing up as high severity even though the vulnerable function is never actually called in my project code?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
GitHub Dependabot alerts severity reachability analysis vulnerable function not called dependency graph documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVED
GitHub dependency review reachability analysis code scanning Dependabot alerts severity CVSSGoogle ↗
OBSERVED

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

Classifying 2 queries…

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
GitHub Dependabot alerts severity reachability analysis vulnerable function not called dependency graph documentation Google ↗
GitHub dependency review reachability analysis code scanning Dependabot alerts severity CVSS Google ↗

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
GitHub Dependabot alerts severity reachability analysis vulnerable function not called dependency graph documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
————1x
of 1
GitHub dependency review reachability analysis code scanning Dependabot alerts severity CVSS
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
————1x
of 1