Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It can be, if an attacker can influence the OpenAPI or Swagger specification consumed by Orval over a network channel—for example, when a build pipeline fetches specs from an external service or API gateway. In such cases, the attacker's changes propagate into generated code and execute when the application runs.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker needs control over, or the ability to tamper with, the specification Orval uses. This might involve write access to a spec repository, control over an upstream service that auto-generates the spec, or the ability to inject content into fields that are incorporated into the spec without proper sanitization.

What is the safest general fix pattern for affected projects?

Regenerate clients using a version of Orval that fully neutralizes all dangerous characters and, in parallel, audit your generation templates to ensure that no specification field is inserted into code without strict, context-aware encoding. Treat all spec-sourced strings as untrusted and limit where they can appear in executable contexts.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

Code Injection via Incomplete String Escaping (CWE-94) in Orval JS Client Generator

CVE-2026-25141

Published:

Jan 30, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Arbitrary Code Execution in Generated Client Code

Severity:

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CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Arbitrary Code Execution in Generated Client Code

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Code Injection via Incomplete String Escaping (CWE-94) in Orval JS Client Generator

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

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CRITICAL

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Vulnerability Type

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