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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ormar-orm | ormar | < 0.23.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | ormar | 0.23.1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | ormar | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | ormar | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | ormar | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | ormar | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | ormar | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ormar | < 0.23.1 | 0.23.1 | GHSA-f964-whrq-44h8 |
References
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/security/advisories/GHSA-f964-whrq-44h8
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/commit/7f22aa21a7614b993970345b392dabb0ccde0ab3
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/blob/master/examples/fastapi_quick_start.py#L55
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/blob/master/ormar/fields/foreign_key.py#L41
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/blob/master/ormar/models/helpers/pydantic.py#L108
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/blob/master/ormar/models/model.py#L89
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/blob/master/ormar/models/newbasemodel.py#L128
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/blob/master/ormar/models/newbasemodel.py#L292
- https://github.com/ormar-orm/ormar/releases/tag/0.23.1