GHSA-fg9p-mrxr-hvq7

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    GHSA-fg9p-mrxr-hvq7

    Published: 3 Sept 2026Last Modified: 18 Sept 2026

    Summary: Orval: RCE via OpenAPI path -> unescaped request-URL template literal (backtick breakout)

    Details: ### Summary Orval emits the OpenAPI path into the generated request URL as a TEMPLATE LITERAL (`` `/users/...` ``) without escaping the backtick character. A path containing a backtick closes the template literal and injects a concatenation expression that is evaluated when the generated URL/request/key function is called, executing attacker-controlled code. Affects the axios, fetch, react-query, and swr clients. Verified on Orval 8.19.0; survives Orval's default OpenAPI validation. ### Details ```ts // generated URL builder (fetch client) return `/users/` + (globalThis.X = require("fs").writeFileSync("/marker","pwned")) + `/list`; ``` The backtick in the path terminates the `` `...` `` literal; `+ (<code>) +` runs as a live expression; a trailing backtick reopens a template literal so the file stays valid. The code runs whenever the generated request function, URL builder, or query-key function is called. This is distinct from Orval's four published CVEs: CVE-2026-22785 (`summary` -> MCP server), CVE-2026-23947 / CVE-2026-25141 (`x-enumDescriptions`), and CVE-2026-24132 (`const` -> mock files). This is a different field (the route path) and a different sink (the request-URL template literal), which those advisories and their fixes do not cover. ### PoC `reproduce.sh` (+ `make_spec.py`) attached: generates a fetch client with default validation, bundles it, calls the generated functions, and shows a marker file written. Verified on 8.19.0. ### Impact Code execution in any environment that calls a client generated from an attacker-controlled or attacker-influenced OpenAPI description (developer, CI, or the running application). ### Suggested fix Escape the path before emitting it into the URL template literal (escape backtick and `${`, or build the URL with an encoder that treats the path as data), and validate path characters.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: orval

    Purl: pkg:npm/orval

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.21.0

    Affected versions

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