Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-61836

directus directus

Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key

CVSS 3.1

8.6High

Official description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 12.0.0, when response caching is enabled, the cache-key derivation in api/src/utils/get-cache-key.ts includes version, path, query, and accountability.user but omits authorization context such as share, role, roles, admin, app, and policies. Directus share tokens and anonymous requests can both reduce to user null, so different shares or anonymous clients requesting the same URL and query can receive a permission-filtered cached response without permission re-evaluation. This issue is fixed in version 12.0.0.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
8.6High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
directus	directus	< 12.0.0	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-c6w9-5g5j-jh2p x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/27707 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/7ba4efb97525d3af33570537c76e44baea767f13 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v12.0.0 x_refsource_MISC

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Details

Published: 2026-07-15
Last updated: 2026-07-15
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): GitHub_M

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.47%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

41.2%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: Yes
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-524
Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
CWE-639
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key