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owen-mc · owen-mc · commit 99cd7a376adf · 2026-02-14T19:25:44.000Z
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+* Checking that a string matches certain regular expressions which guarantee that it doesn't contain any line breaks is already considered as a sanitizer for `java/log-injection`. More methods of doing the regular expression match are now recognised, including being annotated with `@javax.validation.constraints.Pattern`.

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 +* Checking that a string matches certain regular expressions which guarantee that it doesn't contain any line breaks is already considered as a sanitizer for `java/log-injection`. More methods of doing the regular expression match are now recognised, including being annotated with `@javax.validation.constraints.Pattern`.