# CVE-2026-48819: Hey API: \`buildClientParams\` template: prototype chain substitution via unknown \`$\<slot\>\_\_\_proto\_\_\` key

- Also known as: GHSA-HHX9-57XQ-R5RW
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.97.3
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- hey-api openapi-ts: fixed in 0.97.3
- @hey-api/openapi-ts (npm): fixed in 0.97.3

## Description

Hey API is an ecosystem for turning API specifications into production-ready code. Prior to 0.97.3, dist/clients/core/params.ts ships a runtime template copied into generated SDKs as params.gen.ts, and buildClientParams writes unknown slot-prefixed keys such as $body_, $headers_, $path_, and $query_ directly to the corresponding slot, allowing $query___proto__ alongside a legitimate q field to set params.query through params["query"]["__proto__"] = value, call Object.setPrototypeOf(params.query, value), and expose inherited attacker-controlled keys during for..in iteration. This issue is fixed in version 0.97.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hey-api openapi-ts, @hey-api/openapi-ts, upgrade to a fixed version (0.97.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/hey-api/hey-api/security/advisories/GHSA-hhx9-57xq-r5rw
- https://github.com/hey-api/hey-api/commit/023909137a15eff9c0263d3bcd116140076b214f
- https://github.com/hey-api/hey-api/commit/da321a1529eb3c90d2109da870f514b915a60169
- https://github.com/hey-api/hey-api/releases/tag/%40hey-api%2Fopenapi-ts%400.97.3

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