# CVE-2026-103036: @orpc/json-schema: Prototype injection in smart coercion

- Also known as: GHSA-4H5R-CV8J-4456
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.14.9
- Published: 2026-10-02 · Updated: 2026-10-05

## Affected

- middleapi orpc: fixed in 1.14.9

## Description

oRPC is a tool that helps build APIs that are end-to-end type-safe and adhere to OpenAPI standards. Prior to 1.14.9, the @orpc/json-schema SmartCoercionPlugin uses JsonSchemaCoercer to collect object properties in a plain object and to resolve schema.properties entries through the prototype chain. A remote client that can reach a procedure with an object input schema can supply __proto__ to replace the prototype of the single coerced request object, or supply Object.prototype member names such as constructor and toString so inherited values are treated as sub-schemas and pass the coercer's satisfaction check. Attacker-controlled inherited properties can consequently affect handler, Object.assign, or configuration lookups, while legitimate __proto__ properties are dropped. The global Object.prototype, unrelated objects, other requests, and other users are not modified, and downstream schema validation still runs. This issue is fixed in version 1.14.9.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/middleapi/orpc/security/advisories/GHSA-4h5r-cv8j-4456
- https://github.com/middleapi/orpc/pull/1726
- https://github.com/middleapi/orpc/commit/8a352622e756e8956311f5836cd5c5b9219c0666
- https://github.com/middleapi/orpc/releases/tag/v1.14.9

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