GHSA-5c7w-4wm3-85vw: @asymmetric-effort/specifyjs: GraphQL gql tag allows metacharacter injection

July 2, 2026

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.

References

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

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