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fix: sanitize OpenAPI document values before splicing into generated code (zod/effect/hono) - #3995

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Summary

Follows up on a privately-reported issue: three generator emission sites still splice values taken directly from the input OpenAPI document into generated TypeScript without making them safe for the syntactic context they land in, so a document that isn't fully trusted can cause arbitrary code to run when the generated client is imported.

  • packages/zod / packages/effect — numeric/length constraints (minimum, maximum, exclusiveMinimum, exclusiveMaximum, multipleOf) are emitted as a bare, unquoted module-level expression: export const XMin = ${min};. There's no escaping that can make an unquoted position safe, and the default validator accepts a non-numeric value for these fields on an OpenAPI 3.1 numeric schema. Fixed by validating the value is actually a finite number before interpolating it; anything else now fails generation with a clear error instead of being emitted as code.
  • packages/effect — default-value handling stringifies a value into a correctly single-quote-escaped literal, then swaps the quote delimiters for backticks (.replaceAll("'", '')) without re-escaping the content. That turns a string literal into a template literal and re-arms ${...}` interpolation for anything the value contains. Fixed by keeping the delimiter the value was actually escaped for (dropping the swap).
  • packages/hono — literal OpenAPI path text is emitted into a single-quoted literal inside the generated Hono route chain with no escaping at all (getRoute/toColonRoutePath only rewrite {param} placeholders and sanitize parameter names, not the literal segments). Fixed by escaping the path text with the existing jsStringLiteralEscape helper before interpolating it, matching how other sinks in this file already handle document text.

None of these require unusual configuration — they fire on an ordinary orval run against an untrusted document with default settings, and because the emissions are module-level statements, the generated code runs at import time, not when a request is made.

Test plan

  • bun run typecheck — clean across the workspace
  • bun run test (zod/effect/hono packages) — 474 existing tests pass unchanged
  • Manually verified a malicious minimum value against the patched CLI now aborts generation with an explicit error instead of writing a file
  • Manually verified malicious effect default values and a malicious Hono path both stay inert (properly escaped) in the generated output rather than executing
  • Manually verified a legitimate spec — including string defaults containing literal backticks and ${...} — still generates correct, valid output

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Bug Fixes

  • Improved generated code safety by validating numeric and length constraints before emission.
  • Prevented special characters in default values and route paths from being interpreted as executable template content.
  • Improved handling of malformed or non-finite constraint values by reporting errors instead of generating invalid code.
  • Correctly generates inclusive minimum and maximum constraints when OpenAPI 3.0 sets exclusiveMinimum or exclusiveMaximum to false.
  • Added coverage for exclusive and inclusive boundary behavior.

Three generator emission sites splice values taken directly from the input
OpenAPI document into generated TypeScript without making them safe for the
syntactic context they land in:

- packages/zod and packages/effect emit numeric/length constraints
  (minimum, maximum, exclusiveMinimum, exclusiveMaximum, multipleOf) as a
  bare, unquoted module-level expression (`export const XMin = ${min};`).
  There is no escaping that can make this position safe, so a non-numeric
  value (which the default validator accepts for a numeric schema) is
  emitted verbatim as code. Now validated as a finite number before
  interpolation; anything else fails generation with a clear error.

- packages/effect's default-value handling stringifies a value into a
  correctly single-quote-escaped literal and then swaps the quote
  delimiters for backticks without re-escaping the content, turning a
  string literal into a template literal and re-arming `${...}`
  interpolation. Fixed by keeping the delimiter the value was actually
  escaped for.

- packages/hono emits literal OpenAPI path text into a single-quoted
  literal inside the generated Hono route chain with no escaping applied
  to it at all (`getRoute`/`toColonRoutePath` only rewrite `{param}`
  placeholders). Now escaped for the single-quoted context it is emitted
  into via the existing `jsStringLiteralEscape` helper.

None of these require unusual configuration - all three fire on an
ordinary `orval` run against an untrusted OpenAPI document with default
settings, and the generated code runs at import time. Existing test
suites for all three packages pass unchanged (474 tests), and verified
manually that legitimate specs (including values containing backticks
and `${...}` sequences) still generate correct, valid output.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013HJgsqm2W5ARr3UwXxCeNN
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The generators now validate numeric constraints and escape embedded values before source emission. Effect defaults preserve delimiter escaping. Effect and Zod normalize disabled exclusive bounds. Hono route paths are escaped for single-quoted literals.

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Generated source emission safety

Layer / File(s) Summary
Effect constraint and default emission
packages/effect/src/index.ts, packages/effect/src/effect.test.ts
Effect generation normalizes exclusive bounds, validates numeric constraints, preserves default-value escaping, and tests boolean exclusivity.
Zod constraint emission
packages/zod/src/index.ts, packages/zod/src/zod.test.ts
Zod generation normalizes false exclusive flags, validates numeric constraints, and tests inclusive minimum and maximum output.
Hono route path escaping
packages/hono/src/index.ts
Hono generation escapes route paths before embedding them in single-quoted route literals.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 86e7b

Effect generation now handles OpenAPI boolean exclusive bounds, but its new tests do not verify the emitted numeric limits. Incorrect bounds could produce overly strict or permissive validation schemas, so this should be completed before merge.

Suggested reviewers: snebjorn

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Actionable comments posted: 3

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/effect/src/index.ts`:
- Around line 556-559: Normalize OpenAPI 3.0 boolean false values for
exclusiveMinimum and exclusiveMaximum to undefined before passing them to
assertSafeNumericConstraint, preserving numeric validation for actual numeric
constraints. Add regression coverage for both properties.

In `@packages/zod/src/index.ts`:
- Around line 1485-1488: Normalize OpenAPI 3.0 false exclusivity flags to
undefined before numeric validation in the exclusiveMinimum and exclusiveMaximum
handling, so false uses the corresponding inclusive minimum or maximum
constraint without calling assertSafeNumericConstraint. Add regression coverage
for both exclusiveMinimum: false and exclusiveMaximum: false.
- Line 70: Update assertSafeNumericConstraint to use String(value) instead of
JSON.stringify(value) when constructing the rejection error, so NaN, Infinity,
and -Infinity are identified accurately while preserving the existing message
context.

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Comment thread packages/zod/src/index.ts
Follow-up to the previous commit's numeric-constraint validation. A
schema explicitly setting exclusiveMinimum: false / exclusiveMaximum:
false (a valid, if redundant, OpenAPI 3.0 document) was left as the
boolean `false` rather than normalized to undefined, so it was
mistaken for a constraint value and rejected as non-numeric - a
regression for legitimate specs. Booleans now normalize correctly:
true resolves to the paired min/max value (as before), false to
undefined so generation falls through to the ordinary inclusive
bound. Also switches the rejection error's value formatting from
JSON.stringify (which renders NaN/Infinity/-Infinity as "null") to
String, so the error is accurate for those inputs. Adds regression
coverage in both packages for the boolean-false case.

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Thanks for the review — both actionable points were real:

  1. exclusiveMinimum: false / exclusiveMaximum: false (valid OpenAPI 3.0) was left as the boolean false instead of normalized to undefined, so it was mistaken for a constraint value and rejected as non-numeric. Fixed by normalizing falseundefined in both packages, with regression tests added for the boolean-false case in each.
  2. Switched the rejection error's value formatting from JSON.stringify (renders NaN/Infinity/-Infinity as "null") to String.

Pushed as 86e7bf5. Typecheck and the full test suite (478 tests, incl. the 4 new ones) pass.

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packages/effect/src/effect.test.ts (1)

87-88: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the numeric arguments in both Effect tests.

The tests verify only the operator names. They would pass if the generator emits the correct operators with incorrect bounds. Assert the rendered arguments, or the complete effect string, for 0 and 100 in both the true and false cases.

Also applies to: 99-102

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In `@packages/effect/src/effect.test.ts` around lines 87 - 88, Update the Effect
tests around the true and false cases to assert the rendered numeric bounds as
well as the greaterThan and lessThan operators, verifying both 0 and 100 in the
generated effect string. Keep the existing operator assertions and cover both
test cases.
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In `@packages/effect/src/effect.test.ts`:
- Around line 87-88: Update the Effect tests around the true and false cases to
assert the rendered numeric bounds as well as the greaterThan and lessThan
operators, verifying both 0 and 100 in the generated effect string. Keep the
existing operator assertions and cover both test cases.

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