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GHSA-p4cg-3328-rvfg

Orval: Import-time RCE via query-parameter default -> zod module-level template literal

Quick fix

GHSA-p4cg-3328-rvfg — orval: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install orval@8.21.0

Details

### Summary

Orval's zod schema generation emits the **query-parameter** `default` value as a module-level template literal (`export const …Default = `<default>`;`) without escaping `${` or the backtick. A default of the form `v${<code>}w` injects a live JavaScript expression evaluated when the generated zod schema module is imported, executing attacker-controlled code at import — no request or function call needed. Verified on Orval 8.19.0; survives default OpenAPI validation.

### Details

```ts export const …Default = `v${globalThis.ORVPWN()}w`; // ${...} = arbitrary JS expression, runs at import ```

Malicious input: a query parameter with a `default` of `v${<attacker JS>}w`. `${...}` permits any JS expression.

Note: this is one of several `default`-bearing positions that reach the same unescaped zod template-literal sink; a single fix (escape `default` values) closes all of them, and a CNA may choose to consolidate the related reports.

### PoC

`reproduce.sh` (+ `make_spec.py`) attached: generates the zod schema with default validation, bundles it, imports it, and shows a marker written at import. Verified on 8.19.0.

### Impact

Code execution at import in any application that imports a zod schema module generated from an attacker-controlled or attacker-influenced OpenAPI description.

### Suggested fix

Emit `default` values via a proper string-literal encoder (JSON.stringify, or escape backtick and `${` if a template literal must be used); never interpolate a spec value into a template literal. Apply to every `default` position. [maintainer-report.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29399067/maintainer-report.txt) [make_spec.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29399068/make_spec.py) [reproduce.sh](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29399069/reproduce.sh)

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Affected packages

npm/orval
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 8.21.0
Fixnpm install orval@8.21.0

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