CVE-2026-27953

ormar has a Pydantic Validation Bypass via Kwargs Injection in Model Constructor

Published Mar 19, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
ormar is a async mini ORM for Python. Versions 0.23.0 and below are vulnerable to Pydantic validation bypass through the model constructor, allowing any unauthenticated user to skip all field validation by injecting "__pk_only__": true into a JSON request body. By injecting "__pk_only__": true into a JSON request body, an unauthenticated attacker can skip all field validation and persist unvalidated data directly to the database. A secondary __excluded__ parameter injection uses the same pattern to selectively nullify arbitrary model fields (e.g., email or role) during construction. This affects ormar's canonical FastAPI integration pattern recommended in its official documentation, enabling privilege escalation, data integrity violations, and business logic bypass in any application using ormar.Model directly as a request body parameter. This issue has been fixed in version 0.23.1.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f964-whrq-44h8 ormar Pydantic Validation Bypass via __pk_only__ and __excluded__ Kwargs Injection in Model Constructor
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Collerek
Collerek ormar
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:collerek:ormar:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
Vendors & Products Collerek
Collerek ormar
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ormar-orm
Ormar-orm ormar
Vendors & Products Ormar-orm
Ormar-orm ormar
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ormar is a async mini ORM for Python. Versions 0.23.0 and below are vulnerable to Pydantic validation bypass through the model constructor, allowing any unauthenticated user to skip all field validation by injecting "__pk_only__": true into a JSON request body. By injecting "__pk_only__": true into a JSON request body, an unauthenticated attacker can skip all field validation and persist unvalidated data directly to the database. A secondary __excluded__ parameter injection uses the same pattern to selectively nullify arbitrary model fields (e.g., email or role) during construction. This affects ormar's canonical FastAPI integration pattern recommended in its official documentation, enabling privilege escalation, data integrity violations, and business logic bypass in any application using ormar.Model directly as a request body parameter. This issue has been fixed in version 0.23.1.
Title ormar has a Pydantic Validation Bypass via Kwargs Injection in Model Constructor
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-915
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 20, 2026, 6:10 PM
Reserved
Feb 25, 2026, 3:11 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 19, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:27 AM