SonarQube Severities

Will or may result in a bug; for example, an incorrect result or a runtime exception or a security vulnerability.

Will have a high/direct impact on the maintenance cost. May have an impact on runtime behavior; for example, incomplete audit data or slower runtime performance.

Will have a medium/potential impact on the maintenance cost. May have an impact on runtime behavior; for example, higher memory consumption.

Will have a low impact on the maintenance cost. No impact on the runtime behavior.

Very low impact; it is just a remediation cost report. No impact on runtime behavior. For example, a NOSONAR marker comment.