update docs for security-severity

Author: jf205

docs/codeql/writing-codeql-queries/metadata-for-codeql-queries.rst

@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ The following properties are supported by all query files:
 |                       | | ``high``                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 |                       | | ``very-high``           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| ``@problem.severity`` | | ``error``               | Defines the level of severity of any alerts generated by the query. This, along with the ``@precision`` property, determines whether the results are displayed by default on LGTM.                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| ``@problem.severity`` | | ``error``               | Defines the level of severity of any alerts generated by a non-security query. This, along with the ``@precision`` property, determines whether the results are displayed by default on LGTM.                                                                                                                                                                         |
 |                       | | ``warning``             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 |                       | | ``recommendation``      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 +-----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| ``@security-severity``| ``<score>``               | Defines the level of severity, between 0.0 and 10.0, for queries with `@tags security`. For more information about calculating `@security-severity`, see the [GitHub changelog](https://github.blog/changelog/2021-07-19-codeql-code-scanning-new-severity-levels-for-security-alerts/).                                                                              |
++-----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Additional properties for filter queries
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docs/query-metadata-style-guide.md

@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ Alert queries (`@kind problem` or `path-problem`) support two further properties
   * `medium`
   * `high`
   * `very-high`
-* `@problem.severity`–defines the level of severity of the alert: 
+* `@problem.severity`–defines the level of severity of non-security alerts: 
   * `error`–an issue that is likely to cause incorrect program behavior, for example a crash or vulnerability.
   * `warning`–an issue that indicates a potential problem in the code, or makes the code fragile if another (unrelated) part of code is changed.
   * `recommendation`–an issue where the code behaves correctly, but it could be improved.
+* `@security-severity`-defines the level of severity, between 0.0 and 10.0, for queries with `@tags security`. For more information about calculating `@security-severity`, see the [GitHub changelog](https://github.blog/changelog/2021-07-19-codeql-code-scanning-new-severity-levels-for-security-alerts/).  
 
 The values of `@precision` and `@problem.severity` assigned to a query that is part of the standard set determine how the results are displayed by LGTM. See [About alerts](https://help.semmle.com/lgtm-enterprise/user/help/about-alerts.html) and [Alert interest](https://lgtm.com/help/lgtm/alert-interest) for further information. For information about using custom queries in LGTM on a 'per-project' basis, see [Writing custom queries to include in LGTM analysis](https://lgtm.com/help/lgtm/writing-custom-queries) and [About adding custom queries](https://help.semmle.com/lgtm-enterprise/admin/help/about-adding-custom-queries.html).