CVE-2026-63470
fastapi-code-generator: Call-time RCE via operation summary -> unescaped route-handler docstring
What happened?
fastapi-code-generator creates FastAPI applications from OpenAPI files. Prior to 0.8.1, the generator inserts Operation.summary into a generated route-handler docstring as a triple-double-quoted string without escaping embedded triple quotes. An attacker-controlled or attacker-influenced operation summary can close the docstring and inject a valid Python expression statement into the handler body. Syntax-breaking input only causes generation to fail, but syntactically valid generated code executes with the server process's privileges when the affected route handler is called. This call-time route-handler docstring sink is distinct from the project's separate import-time route-path and additional-response-key sinks. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.1.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| fastapi-code-generatorkoxudaxi | affected: < 0.8.1 | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63470
- https://github.com/koxudaxi/fastapi-code-generator/security/advisories/GHSA-h667-4jj2-cgv4
- https://github.com/koxudaxi/fastapi-code-generator/commit/49301dbdb82170d7f50877419d994b05cb1fa2bc
- https://github.com/koxudaxi/fastapi-code-generator/commit/b3b9bd66e0b0c4d8c686fda700258104615a1332
- https://github.com/koxudaxi/fastapi-code-generator/releases/tag/0.8.1