Orval: Import-time RCE via header parameter name -> computed-property-key injection in the zod client
cve-program · CVE-2026-71864
PublishedOrval generates type-safe JavaScript clients in TypeScript from OpenAPI v3 and Swagger v2 specifications. Prior to 8.21.0, a double quote in a header parameter name is emitted into the generated request-validation zod.object({...}) schema without safe encoding. This permits attacker-controlled JavaScript to be evaluated when the generated zod schema module is imported, resulting in code execution in the developer, CI, test, or application environment. The affected code is packages/zod/src/index.ts and header request-validation generation. This issue is fixed in version 8.21.0.
Read the publisher's advisoryeuvd · EUVD-2026-62602
PublishedOrval generates type-safe JavaScript clients in TypeScript from OpenAPI v3 and Swagger v2 specifications. Prior to 8.21.0, a double quote in a header parameter name is emitted into the generated request-validation zod.object({...}) schema without safe encoding. This permits attacker-controlled JavaScript to be evaluated when the generated zod schema module is imported, resulting in code execution in the developer, CI, test, or application environment. The affected code is packages/zod/src/index.ts and header request-validation generation. This issue is fixed in version 8.21.0.
Read the publisher's advisorynvd · CVE-2026-71864
PublishedOrval generates type-safe JavaScript clients in TypeScript from OpenAPI v3 and Swagger v2 specifications. Prior to 8.21.0, a double quote in a header parameter name is emitted into the generated request-validation zod.object({...}) schema without safe encoding. This permits attacker-controlled JavaScript to be evaluated when the generated zod schema module is imported, resulting in code execution in the developer, CI, test, or application environment. The affected code is packages/zod/src/index.ts and header request-validation generation. This issue is fixed in version 8.21.0.
Read the publisher's advisoryosv · GHSA-6437-gxhq-pqv8
Published### Summary orval's zod client emits each header parameter name as a double-quoted key in the generated zod.object({...}) request-validation schema WITHOUT escaping the double quote. A " in the header parameter name closes the key and lands in object-literal context, where an injected computed property key [expr] is evaluated when zod.object({...}) runs -- at MODULE IMPORT (export const OpHeader = zod.object({...}) executes on load) -> import-time RCE. The header parameter name is a pure data field. Verified on orval 8.19.0 / Node. ### Details export const OpHeader = zod.object({ "a":zod.string(),[require("fs").writeFileSync("PWNED","")]:zod.string(),"b": ... }) Also affects the hono client (reuses zod generation). orval escapes values in zod arrays but not keys in zod.object. Sibling fields: schema property name, query parameter name (CVE-96) (separate reports). Distinct from orval's $ref / route-path / server-url / zod-default findings. ### PoC reproduce.sh (+ make_spec.py) attached: a header parameter name that breaks the zod.object key and injects a computed key; evaluating it (= importing the module) writes the marker. Verified on 8.19.0. ### Impact JavaScript / OS command execution at import time for anyone who generates an orval zod client from an attacker-controlled spec and imports it. ### Suggested fix Escape the header parameter name for the JS string key (JSON.stringify) in the zod.object key generation; never interpolate a raw name adjacent to [ ] in object-literal position.
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CVE-2026-71864 · CVE overview and exploitation status
cve-program · CVE-2026-71864
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-6437-gxhq-pqv8
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/pull/3692
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/8ef1bfdf3f9bcaf9dabfbe2e42887f1c0e159ab6
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v8.21.0
euvd · EUVD-2026-62602
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-6437-gxhq-pqv8
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/pull/3692
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/8ef1bfdf3f9bcaf9dabfbe2e42887f1c0e159ab6
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v8.21.0
nvd · CVE-2026-71864
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/8ef1bfdf3f9bcaf9dabfbe2e42887f1c0e159ab6
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/pull/3692
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v8.21.0
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-6437-gxhq-pqv8
osv · GHSA-6437-gxhq-pqv8
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-6437-gxhq-pqv8
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71864
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/pull/3692
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/commit/8ef1bfdf3f9bcaf9dabfbe2e42887f1c0e159ab6
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval
- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/releases/tag/v8.21.0
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