The `t:removeComments` transformation, implemented via the `msre fn removeComments execute()` function in `apache2/re tfns.c` and the `inplace()` function in `src/actions/transformations/remove comments.cc`, incorrectly copies the character immediately following a comment terminator without re-evaluating it. This behavior allows adjacent comments to leave a subsequent comment in the transformed value, enabling inline-comment obfuscation to bypass security rules that rely on comment stripping. Additionally, if a comment terminator is the final character of the content, the process reads one byte beyond the input buffer.