# CVE-2026-72717: Orval: Import-time RCE via schema default -\> zod module-level template literal

- Also known as: GHSA-W727-8J6C-2RJ4
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.21.0
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- orval-labs orval: fixed in 8.21.0
- orval (npm): fixed in 8.21.0

## Description

Orval generates type-safe JavaScript clients in TypeScript from OpenAPI v3 and Swagger v2 specifications. Prior to 8.21.0, a ${...} expression or backtick in a schema default is emitted into a module-level template literal emitted by zod schema generation 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 function formatDefaultValue. This issue is fixed in version 8.21.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on orval-labs orval, orval, upgrade to a fixed version (8.21.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/security/advisories/GHSA-w727-8j6c-2rj4
- 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

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