CVE-2026-54653: Datamodel code generator `datamodel-code-generator` Vulnerable To Code Injection Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-386q-5hp3-95m9",
  "modified" : "2026-07-28T21:48:14Z",
  "published" : "2026-07-28T21:48:14Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-54653" ],
  "summary" : "`datamodel-code-generator` vulnerable to code injection in via attacker-controlled `default_factory` schema field",
  "details" : "### Summary\n\n`datamodel-code-generator` is vulnerable to code injection when generating Python models from an attacker-controlled JSON Schema, OpenAPI, YAML, JSON, Avro, Protobuf, or XSD schema. When a property carries a `\"default_factory\"` key, its value is interpolated verbatim — as a raw Python expression — into the generated `Field(default_factory=...)` / `field(default_factory=...)` call. Because this assignment is evaluated at class-definition time (i.e. on `import` of the generated module), an attacker who controls the schema controls a Python expression that runs in the consumer's process. No special CLI flags are required.\n\n### Details\n\nThe vulnerable chain spans the JSON-Schema-shaped parser and three sink locations (Pydantic v2, dataclass, msgspec):\n\n**Source — schema → `extras`**:\n\n- `src/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py:600-614` — `DEFAULT_FIELD_KEYS` includes the literal string `\"default_factory\"`.\n- `src/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py:457-459` — `JsonSchemaObject.__init__` stores any non-standard key (including `default_factory`) in `self.extras`.\n- `src/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py:797-812` — `get_field_extras` preserves `default_factory` through to the field model.\n\n**Sinks — `extras` → generated Python expression**:\n\n1. `src/datamodel_code_generator/model/pydantic_base.py:222-249`:\n\n   ```python\n   default_factory = data.pop(\"default_factory\", None)\n   ...\n   if default_factory is not None:\n       field_arguments = [f\"default_factory={default_factory}\", *field_arguments]\n   ```\n\n   The `default_factory` value is interpolated raw (no `repr()`, no validation).\n\n2. `src/datamodel_code_generator/model/dataclass.py:211`:\n\n   ```python\n   f\"{k}={v if k == 'default_factory' else repr(v)}\"\n   ```\n\n   Explicit special-case to skip `repr()` for `default_factory`.\n\n3. `src/datamodel_code_generator/model/msgspec.py:361` — same pattern as dataclass.\n\nBecause `default_factory` is in `DEFAULT_FIELD_KEYS`, no special CLI flag is needed to reach the sink. Any input format that uses the JSON-Schema-shaped parser (`jsonschema`, `openapi`, `yaml`, `json`, `dict`, `csv`) — and any input format that converts to it (`avro`, `protobuf`, `xmlschema`) — is in scope.\n\n### Confirmed PoC matrix\n\n| Input file type | Output model type | Result |\n|---|---|---|\n| `jsonschema` | `pydantic_v2.BaseModel` | RCE on import |\n| `jsonschema` | `dataclasses.dataclass` | RCE on import |\n| `jsonschema` | `msgspec.Struct` | RCE on import |\n| `jsonschema` | `typing.TypedDict` | safe (TypedDict doesn't render `field()`; `default_factory` silently dropped) |\n| `openapi`    | `pydantic_v2.BaseModel` | RCE on import |\n\nOther JSON-Schema-shaped inputs (`yaml`, `json`, `dict`, `csv`, `avro`, `protobuf`, `xmlschema`) follow the same code path and are expected to reproduce.\n\n### PoC\nSelf contained Proof of Concept is available at my secret gist: https://gist.github.com/thegr1ffyn/9648b0fe4fcf7d569ac8e61dd11eebaf\n\n### Impact\n\n- **Who's affected**: any developer or CI pipeline that runs `datamodel-codegen` against a schema they didn't author themselves — third-party API specs, schemas pulled from a registry, vendored upstream `.json` / `.yaml` / `.avsc` / `.proto` / `.xsd` files, schemas fetched from a remote URL or introspection endpoint — *and* who imports the generated `.py`.\n- **What it gains**: arbitrary Python code execution in the importer's process at `import` time. The PoC copies `/etc/passwd` to a tmp file to demonstrate arbitrary read; the same primitive supports any operation the importing process can perform (filesystem write, environment exfiltration, secondary network calls, RCE on CI runners).\n- **What it does NOT need**: no special CLI flags, no custom templates, no `--extra-template-data`, no `--use-schema-description`. Default invocation against a malicious schema is sufficient.\n- **What does block it**: choosing `--output-model-type typing.TypedDict` (which doesn't render `field()` / `Field()` calls). All other supported output model types are vulnerable.\n\n### Resolution\n\nThe fix validates schema-provided `default_factory` values while extracting JSON Schema field extras. Only the supported factory names `dict`, `list`, and `set` are accepted; any other value now raises a generator error before code generation. Generator-created default factories for supported mutable defaults and optional nested models continue to use the existing code paths.\n\n### Remediation\n\nUpgrade to `datamodel-code-generator` `0.60.2` or later.\n\nThis issue affects `datamodel-code-generator` versions `>= 0.17.0, <= 0.60.1` and is fixed in `0.60.2`.\n\nSubmitted by: Hamza Haroon (thegr1ffyn)",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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" : "0.17.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "0.60.2"
      } ]
    } ],
    "database_specific" : {
      "last_known_affected_version_range" : "<= 0.60.1"
    }
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/security/advisories/GHSA-386q-5hp3-95m9"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/commit/17fc235e234cbcfaaadef8c74cb72c9687db0d1d"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/releases/tag/0.60.2"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-1336", "CWE-94" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-07-28T21:48:14Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : null
  }
}