CVE-2026-35442

Directus: Authenticated Users Can Extract Concealed Fields via Aggregate Queries

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 6, 2026 at 09:36 PM UTC
Updated: July 24, 2026 at 09:20 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDirectusDirectus

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.17.0, aggregate functions (min, max) applied to fields with the conceal special type incorrectly return raw database values instead of the masked placeholder. When combined with groupBy, any authenticated user with read access to the affected collection can extract concealed field values, including static API tokens and two-factor authentication secrets from directus_users. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.

Affected

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

v < 11.17.0
Affected range stops below 11.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 11.17.0
Affected range stops below 11.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-38hg-ww64-rrwc

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-863

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