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Medium

Directus version number disclosure

  • Disclosed: 01.03.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Currently the exact Directus version number is being shipped in compiled JS bundles which are accessible without authentication. With this information a malicious attacker can trivially look for known vulnerabilities in Directus core or any of its shipped dependencies in that specific running version.

Patches

The problem has been resolved in versions 10.8.3 and newer

Workarounds

None

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package directus < 10.8.3 10.8.3

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Platform
npm
Package
directus
Disclosed
01.03.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5mhg-wv8w-p59j - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: directus

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (58) in the archive
Total entries
58
First → latest
04.2022 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 19
  • Medium 34
  • Low 3

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key
    High · 8.6 CVE-2026-61836 < 12.0.0 12.0.0
  2. Directus: SSRF Protection Bypass via 0.0.0.0 in File Import
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-61835 < 12.0.0 12.0.0
  3. Directus: Authenticated Users Can Extract Concealed Fields via Aggregate Queries
    High · 8.1 CVE-2026-35442 < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  4. Directus: Unauthenticated Denial of Service via GraphQL Alias Amplification of Expensive Health Check Resolver
    High · 7.5 ghsa-6q22-g298-grjh < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  5. Directus: TUS Upload Authorization Bypass Allows Arbitrary File Overwrite
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-35412 < 11.16.1 11.16.1
  6. Directus: SSRF Protection Bypass via IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Addresses in File Import
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-35409 < 11.16.0 11.16.0
  7. Directus: Path Traversal and Broken Access Control in File Management API
    High · 8.5 CVE-2026-39942 < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  8. Directus: Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy
    High · 8.7 CVE-2026-35408 < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  9. Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization
    Critical · 9.3 CVE-2025-55746 >= 10.8.0, < 11.9.3 11.9.3
  10. Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data
    High · 8.6 CVE-2025-30353 >= 9.12.0, < 11.5.0 11.5.0
  11. Directus allows unauthenticated access to WebSocket events and operations
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-54151 >= 11.0.0, < 11.3.0 11.3.0
  12. Session is cached for OpenID and OAuth2 if `redirect` is not used
    High · 7.4 CVE-2024-45596 < 10.13.3, >= 11.0.0-rc.1, < 11.1.0 10.13.3, 11.1.0
  13. Directus Allows Single Sign-On User Enumeration
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-39896 >= 9.11, < 10.13.0 10.13.0
  14. Directus incorrectly handles `_in` filter
    High · 6.3 CVE-2024-39701 >= 9.23.0, < 10.6.0 10.6.0
  15. Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-36128 < 10.11.2 10.11.2
  16. Directus version number disclosure this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2024-27296 < 10.8.3 10.8.3
  17. Directus has MySQL accent insensitive email matching
    High · 8.2 CVE-2024-27295 < 10.8.3 10.8.3
  18. Directus crashes on invalid WebSocket message
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-45820 >= 10.4.0, < 10.6.2 10.6.2
  19. Directus affected by VM2 sandbox escape vulnerability
    High · 7.6 ghsa-22rr-f3p8-5gf8 < 10.6.0 10.6.0
  20. directus vulnerable to HTML Injection in Password Reset email to custom Reset URL
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-27474 < 9.23.0 9.23.0
  21. Insecure default value for CORS configuration
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-26969 < 9.7.0 9.7.0
  22. Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in directus
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-24814 < 9.7.0 9.7.0

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