GHSA-88f2-fpv8-89q2
Orval: RCE via servers[].url -> unescaped request-URL template literal (with getBaseUrlFromSpecification)
Quick fix
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npm install orval@8.21.0Details
### Summary
When Orval is configured with `output.baseUrl.getBaseUrlFromSpecification: true`, it bakes the spec's `servers[0].url` into the generated request URL as a template literal without escaping the backtick. A server URL containing a backtick closes the template literal and injects a concatenation expression evaluated when the generated URL/request function is called, executing attacker-controlled code. Verified on Orval 8.19.0 (fetch client); survives default OpenAPI validation.
### Details
```ts return `http://api.x/` + (globalThis.X = require("fs").writeFileSync("/marker","pwned")) + `/v1/u`; ```
Prerequisite: the documented `getBaseUrlFromSpecification: true` option (takes the base URL from the OpenAPI servers block). This is the same output sink as the route-path case (request-URL template literal) reached via the server `url` field. Distinct from Orval's published CVEs (CVE-2026-22785 summary/MCP, CVE-2026-23947 / CVE-2026-25141 x-enumDescriptions, CVE-2026-24132 const/mock).
### PoC
`reproduce.sh` (+ `make_spec.py`) attached: generates a fetch client with `getBaseUrlFromSpecification: true`, bundles it, calls the functions, and shows a marker written. Verified on 8.19.0.
### Impact
With that option enabled, code execution in any environment that calls a client generated from an attacker-controlled or attacker-influenced OpenAPI description.
### Suggested fix
Escape the server URL before emitting it into the URL template literal (escape backtick and `${`), or build the base URL with an encoder that treats it as data; validate the URL. [maintainer-report.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29396562/maintainer-report.txt) [make_spec.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29396563/make_spec.py) [reproduce.sh](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29396564/reproduce.sh)
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References
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-88f2-fpv8-89q2[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62682[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/pull/3692[WEB]
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/8ef1bfdf3f9bcaf9dabfbe2e42887f1c0e159ab6[WEB]
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v8.21.0[WEB]