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GHSA-FG9P-MRXR-HVQ7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-03 19:17 – Updated: 2026-09-03 19:17

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

// 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.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "orval"
      },
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          "events": [
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-19T18:16:54Z",
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  "details": "### Summary\n\nOrval 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\u0027s default OpenAPI validation.\n\n### Details\n\n```ts\n// generated URL builder (fetch client)\nreturn `/users/` + (globalThis.X = require(\"fs\").writeFileSync(\"/marker\",\"pwned\")) + `/list`;\n```\n\nThe backtick in the path terminates the `` `...` `` literal; `+ (\u003ccode\u003e) +` 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.\n\nThis is distinct from Orval\u0027s four published CVEs: CVE-2026-22785 (`summary` -\u003e MCP server), CVE-2026-23947 / CVE-2026-25141 (`x-enumDescriptions`), and CVE-2026-24132 (`const` -\u003e 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.\n\n### PoC\n\n`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.\n\n### Impact\n\nCode execution in any environment that calls a client generated from an attacker-controlled or attacker-influenced OpenAPI description (developer, CI, or the running application). \n\n### Suggested fix\n\nEscape 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-fg9p-mrxr-hvq7",
  "modified": "2026-09-03T19:17:32Z",
  "published": "2026-09-03T19:17:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-fg9p-mrxr-hvq7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62681"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/pull/3692"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/8ef1bfdf3f9bcaf9dabfbe2e42887f1c0e159ab6"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v8.21.0"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Orval: RCE via OpenAPI path -\u003e unescaped request-URL template literal (backtick breakout)"
}

CVE-2026-62681 (GCVE-0-2026-62681)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 17:31 – Updated: 2026-08-21 19:42

Title

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

Summary

Orval generates type-safe JavaScript clients in TypeScript from OpenAPI v3 and Swagger v2 specifications. Prior to 8.21.0, an unescaped backtick in an OpenAPI path is emitted into request URL template literals generated for axios, fetch, react-query, and SWR clients without safe encoding. This permits attacker-controlled JavaScript to be evaluated when a generated request, URL-builder, or query-key function is called, resulting in code execution in the developer, CI, test, or application environment. The affected code is packages/core/src/getters/route.ts and route generation consumers. This issue is fixed in version 8.21.0.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-21 19:41 UTC

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-1336 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/pull/3692	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/8ef1bf…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
orval-labs	orval	Affected: < 8.21.0

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