HADOOP-19858: ci: Add CodeQL scanning for github actions (#8428)

* ci: Add github-generated CodeQL security scan action

* ci: modify generated codeql.yml, only scan actions for now

* ci: add path filter for GH actions scan

* ci: remove some comments we don't need, add main link

* Apply suggestions from pan3793 code review

Co-authored-by: Cheng Pan <pan3793@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: Cheng Pan <pan3793@gmail.com>

Author: ajfabbri

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

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+# Copyright 2026 The Apache Software Foundation
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This was adapted from the GitHub-generated template.
+# See https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/how-tos/find-and-fix-code-vulnerabilities/configure-code-scanning/configuring-default-setup-for-code-scanning
+
+name: "CodeQL Advanced"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "trunk", "branch-*" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "trunk", "branch-*" ]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/**'
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '22 4 * * 4'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
+    # Runner size impacts CodeQL analysis time. See:
+    #   - https://gh.io/recommended-hardware-resources-for-running-codeql
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+
+      # required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs
+      packages: read
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        # Initially only enabling scans for github actions
+        - language: actions
+          build-mode: none
+        # We should consider enabling these in the future:
+        # - language: c-cpp
+        #   build-mode: autobuild
+        # - language: java-kotlin
+        #   build-mode: none # This mode only analyzes Java. Set to 'autobuild' or 'manual' to include Kotlin.
+        # - language: javascript-typescript
+        #   build-mode: none
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+    # Add any setup steps before running the `github/codeql-action/init` action.
+    # This includes steps like installing compilers or runtimes (`actions/setup-node`
+    # or others). This is typically only required for manual builds.
+    # - name: Setup runtime (example)
+    #   uses: actions/setup-example@v1
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
+        # Query details can be added here or in a config file.
+        # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, see:
+        # https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+    # If the analyze step fails for one of the languages you are analyzing with
+    # "We were unable to automatically build your code", modify the matrix above
+    # to set the build mode to "manual" for that language. Then modify this step
+    # to build your code.
+    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
+    - name: Run manual build steps
+      if: matrix.build-mode == 'manual'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo 'If you are using a "manual" build mode for one or more of the' \
+          'languages you are analyzing, replace this with the commands to build' \
+          'your code, for example:'
+        echo '  make bootstrap'
+        echo '  make release'
+        exit 1
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"