CVE-2024-27295

Directus MySQL accent insensitive email matching

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: March 1, 2024 at 03:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDirectusDirectus

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. The password reset mechanism of the Directus backend allows attackers to receive a password reset email of a victim user, specifically having it arrive at a similar email address as the victim with a one or more characters changed to use accents. This is due to the fact that by default MySQL/MariaDB are configured for accent-insensitive and case-insensitive comparisons. This vulnerability is fixed in version 10.8.3.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 10.8.3
Affected range stops below 10.8.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.8.3
Affected range stops below 10.8.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.2HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-706

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