CVE-2026-54621: Datamodel code generator `datamodel-code-generator` Vulnerable To Code Injection Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-j884-q54q-mmx3",
  "modified" : "2026-07-28T21:35:49Z",
  "published" : "2026-07-28T21:35:49Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-54621" ],
  "summary" : "`datamodel-code-generator` vulnerable to code injection via unescaped carriage return in GraphQL Union description",
  "details" : "### Summary\n\n`datamodel-code-generator` is vulnerable to code injection when generating Python models from an attacker-controlled GraphQL schema. A description on a Union type, written in the regular-string form (`\"...\"`) with a literal `\\r` escape, is rendered into a Python `#` comment by a Jinja2 filter that handles only `\\n`. Python's tokenizer treats a bare CR as a physical-line terminator, so the comment ends at the `\\r` and the text after it is parsed as module-level Python. The injected code executes at `import` time of the generated `.py`, in the context of any consumer that imports the model. No special CLI flags are required.\n\nThis affects versions `>=0.25.0, <0.60.1` and is fixed in `0.60.1`.\n\n### Details\n\nThe vulnerable output was generated by the GraphQL Union templates:\n\n- `src/datamodel_code_generator/model/template/UnionTypeStatement.jinja2`\n- `src/datamodel_code_generator/model/template/UnionTypeAliasAnnotation.jinja2`\n- `src/datamodel_code_generator/model/template/UnionTypeAliasType.jinja2`\n\nBefore `0.60.1`, Union descriptions were rendered as Python comments using logic equivalent to `# {{ description | replace('\\n', '\\n# ') }}`.\n\nThe Jinja2 `replace` filter handled `\\n`, but bare `\\r` was not normalized. Python's lexical analysis treats CR, LF, and CRLF as physical line terminators. As a result, a malicious GraphQL schema could cause the generated Python comment to end early and emit attacker-controlled text as module-level Python code.\n\nThe `description` value reaches Union generation from `graphql-core` through `description=union_object.description`. GraphQL regular string values can contain `\\r` escapes, and `graphql-core` preserves that value. Block strings are not affected in the same way because their line endings are normalized before reaching code generation.\n\n### Impact\n\nAn attacker who can provide or influence a GraphQL schema processed by `datamodel-code-generator` could cause arbitrary Python code to be generated into the output file. That code would execute with the privileges of the process importing the generated model.\n\nThis can affect developers, CI pipelines, or applications that run `datamodel-codegen --input-file-type graphql` on untrusted or third-party GraphQL schemas and then import the generated Python module.\n\nNo custom templates, special CLI flags, or remote reference options are required.\n\n### Remediation\n\nUpgrade to `datamodel-code-generator` `0.60.1` or later.\n\nThe fix normalizes carriage returns in GraphQL Union descriptions before rendering them as Python comments, so injected text remains inside the comment block.\n\n### Resolution\n\nThe fix applies `comment_safe` to GraphQL Union descriptions before template rendering. It normalizes CRLF and bare CR to LF so the existing Union comment templates keep the whole description inside the generated Python comment block.\n\nSubmitted by: Hamza Haroon (thegr1ffyn)",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "PyPI",
      "name" : "datamodel-code-generator"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0.25.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "0.60.1"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/security/advisories/GHSA-j884-q54q-mmx3"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/releases/tag/0.60.1"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-1336", "CWE-94" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-07-28T21:35:49Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : null
  }
}