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Directus CVE-2025-55746

CRITICAL
External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73)
2025-08-20 security-advisories@github.com
Information Disclosure Directus
9.3
CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory
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GitHub Advisory PRIMARY
9.3 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:07 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:07 nvd
Patch available
PoC Detected
Jan 13, 2026 - 18:29 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Aug 20, 2025 - 18:15 nvd
CRITICAL 9.3

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 1 npm packages depend on @directus/api (1 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 14.1.0.

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files' database-resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won't show up in the Directus UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.9.3.

AnalysisAI

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-73. Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files' database-resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won't show up in the Directus UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.9.3. Affected products include: Monospace Directus. Version information: before 11.9.3.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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