GHSA-m6m8-6gq8-c9fj

### Impact This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when you use Validation Placeholders.

The vulnerability exists in the Validation library, and validation methods in the controller and in-model validation are also vulnerable because they use the Validation library internally.

### Patches Upgrade to v4.3.5 or later.

### Workarounds Setting validation rules with an array.

E.g.: ```php $validation->setRules([ 'email' => ['required', 'valid_email, 'is_unique[users.email,id,{id}]'], ]); ```

### References - https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/libraries/validation.html#validation-placeholders - https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/incoming/controllers.html#validating-data - https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/models/model.html#in-model-validation

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