What is GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw?

GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. @asymmetric-effort/specifyjs: GraphQL gql tag allows metacharacter injection

Why does GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw?

GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw affects 1 product, including: npm/@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs:\u003c 0.2.136.

GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vwMediumDisclosed before NVD

@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs: GraphQL gql tag allows metacharacter injection

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

📋 Description

Finding

Location: core/src/client/graphql.ts:66-80

The gql template tag function warned about interpolated values containing GraphQL metacharacters ({}():) but still concatenated them into the query string, enabling potential GraphQL injection.

Status

Fixed in v0.2.136 — The gql function now throws an error when metacharacters are detected in interpolated values, forcing developers to use the variables parameter.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/@asymmetric-effort/specifyjs:< 0.2.136

🔗 References (3)

https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/security/advisories/GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw
https://github.com/asymmetric-effort/specifyjs/commit/25d1fb491d99479efdf501f5f75e0bb80c908f0a
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw