# CVE-2026-55389: datamodel-code-generator vulnerable to arbitrary local file read via JSON-Schema \`$ref\` (\`file://\` and \`../\` traversal), bypassing \`--no-allow-remote-refs\`

- Also known as: GHSA-8359-H9FX-J6V9, PYSEC-2026-3558
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.62.0
- Published: 2026-07-28 · Updated: 2026-07-29

## Affected

- koxudaxi datamodel-code-generator: fixed in 0.62.0
- datamodel-code-generator (PyPI): fixed in 0.62.0

## Description

datamodel-code-generator generates Pydantic v2 models, dataclasses, TypedDict, and msgspec.Struct from OpenAPI, JSON Schema, GraphQL, Avro, Protobuf, and raw JSON, YAML, or CSV. Prior to 0.62.0, datamodel-code-generator resolves JSON Schema $ref targets in src/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py through is_url and _get_ref_body without containing file:// or ../ traversal references to the input directory and without honoring --no-allow-remote-refs, allowing arbitrary local file reads. This issue is fixed in version 0.62.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on koxudaxi datamodel-code-generator, datamodel-code-generator, upgrade to a fixed version (0.62.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/security/advisories/GHSA-8359-h9fx-j6v9
- https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/commit/2ff4a72b4550a2b2069754c5b075b1655067e5fb
- https://github.com/koxudaxi/datamodel-code-generator/releases/tag/0.62.0

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