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Security checkJuly 02, 2026

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

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Description

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.

Recommendation

Update the @asymmetric-effort/specifyjs package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 0.2.136
  • Patched version(s): 0.2.136

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