diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e72a7dbcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
+# to commit it to your repository.
+#
+# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
+# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
+#
+# ******** NOTE ********
+# We have attempted to detect the languages in your repository. Please check
+# the `language` matrix defined below to confirm you have the correct set of
+# supported CodeQL languages.
+#
+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ dev, main ]
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches: [ dev ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '18 1 * * 0'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'cpp', 'python' ]
+        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
+        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://git.io/codeql-language-support
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+        # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
+
+    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
+    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
+    # - name: Autobuild
+    #   uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
+
+    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
+    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
+    #    uses a compiled language
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+        BUILD_MONAI=1 ./runtests.sh --build
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
diff --git a/monai/apps/utils.py b/monai/apps/utils.py
index 77138fc45b..9db62f336d 100644
--- a/monai/apps/utils.py
+++ b/monai/apps/utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 from urllib.error import ContentTooShortError, HTTPError, URLError
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 
 from monai.config.type_definitions import PathLike
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ def download_url(
 
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
         tmp_name = Path(tmp_dir, _basename(filepath))
-        if url.startswith("https://drive.google.com"):
+        if urlparse(url).netloc == "drive.google.com":
             if not has_gdown:
                 raise RuntimeError("To download files from Google Drive, please install the gdown dependency.")
             gdown.download(url, f"{tmp_name}", quiet=not progress)
diff --git a/monai/csrc/filtering/bilateral/bilateralfilter_cpu_phl.cpp b/monai/csrc/filtering/bilateral/bilateralfilter_cpu_phl.cpp
index 3e11f2ef57..ec28c05520 100644
--- a/monai/csrc/filtering/bilateral/bilateralfilter_cpu_phl.cpp
+++ b/monai/csrc/filtering/bilateral/bilateralfilter_cpu_phl.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void BilateralFilterPHLCpu(
         int coord = offsetRemainder / desc.strides[d];
         offsetRemainder -= coord * desc.strides[d];
 
-        features[i * featureChannels + desc.channelCount + d] = invSpatialSigma * coord;
+        features[i * featureChannels + desc.channelCount + d] = (scalar_t)invSpatialSigma * coord;
       }
     }