# CVE-2026-108384: dataclasses-avroschema allows code injection through fixed-type aliases supplied as a bare string

- Also known as: GHSA-8J5C-XQ6F-2C43
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.70.6
- Published: 2026-10-13 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- marcosschroh dataclasses-avroschema: from 0.38.0, fixed in 0.70.6

## Description

dataclasses-avroschema generates Avro schemas from Python dataclasses, Pydantic models, and Faust Records and generates Python code from Avro schemas. From version 0.38.0 through 0.70.5, BaseGenerator.parse_fixed interpolates a fixed type's aliases value directly into a generated types.confixed annotation. A list is represented with quoted entries, but a bare string is emitted as an unquoted Python expression and evaluated when the generated module is imported, allowing arbitrary code execution from a crafted schema. Version 0.70.6 fixes the vulnerability by rejecting aliases values that are not lists.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on marcosschroh dataclasses-avroschema, upgrade to a fixed version (0.70.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/marcosschroh/dataclasses-avroschema/security/advisories/GHSA-8j5c-xq6f-2c43
- https://github.com/marcosschroh/dataclasses-avroschema/commit/429f3d705d2d04c0c65e2ef832daed5ff91318fc
- https://github.com/marcosschroh/dataclasses-avroschema/releases/tag/0.70.6

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