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CVE-2026-61836

Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key

Published: Jul 15, 2026Updated: Jul 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-524
8.6HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-524CWE-639

Affected Products

monospace
commercialaka directus
directusMixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
directus
commercialaka @directus/api, directus api
directusMixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/7ba4efb97525d3af33570537c76e44baea767f13
github.com
https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/27707
github.com
https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v12.0.0
github.com
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