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GHSA-w727-8j6c-2rj4

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

Quick fix

GHSA-w727-8j6c-2rj4 — orval: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install orval@8.21.0

Details

### Summary

Orval's zod schema generation emits a schema's `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 that is 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 getIResponseDsDefault = `v${globalThis.ORVPWN()}w`; ```

`${...}` permits an arbitrary JS expression. Orval escapes its other value sinks (enum, mock, regex, object-default values) with `\'` inside single-quoted strings; the string `default` is the one value emitted as a backtick template literal, so `${...}`/backtick are interpreted, not escaped. Distinct from the URL-template-literal cases (different field and sink) and from the published Orval CVEs (summary/MCP, x-enumDescriptions, const/mock).

### 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.

[maintainer-report.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29399048/maintainer-report.txt) [make_spec.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29399049/make_spec.py) [reproduce.sh](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29399050/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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