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+* The query "PAM authorization bypass due to incorrect usage" (`py/pam-auth-bypass`) has been promoted from experimental to the main query pack. Its results will now appear by default. This query was originally [submitted as an experimental query by @porcupineyhairs](https://github.com/github/codeql/pull/8595).