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Critical

Insecure default value for CORS configuration

  • Disclosed: 05.04.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

The default value for the CORS_ENABLED and CORS_ORIGIN configuration was set to be very permissive by default. This could lead to unauthorized access in uncontrolled environments when the configuration hasn't been changed.

Patches

The default values for CORS have been changed in https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12022 which is released under 9.7.0

Workarounds

Configure the CORS environment variables to match your project's usage, rather than leaving them at the (permissive) defaults.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package directus < 9.7.0 9.7.0

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-942
Platform
npm
Package
directus
Disclosed
05.04.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-g27j-74fp-xfpr - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: directus

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (58) in the archive
Total entries
58
First → latest
04.2022 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 19
  • Medium 34
  • Low 3

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key
    High · 8.6 CVE-2026-61836 < 12.0.0 12.0.0
  2. Directus: SSRF Protection Bypass via 0.0.0.0 in File Import
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-61835 < 12.0.0 12.0.0
  3. Directus: Authenticated Users Can Extract Concealed Fields via Aggregate Queries
    High · 8.1 CVE-2026-35442 < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  4. Directus: Unauthenticated Denial of Service via GraphQL Alias Amplification of Expensive Health Check Resolver
    High · 7.5 ghsa-6q22-g298-grjh < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  5. Directus: TUS Upload Authorization Bypass Allows Arbitrary File Overwrite
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-35412 < 11.16.1 11.16.1
  6. Directus: SSRF Protection Bypass via IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Addresses in File Import
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-35409 < 11.16.0 11.16.0
  7. Directus: Path Traversal and Broken Access Control in File Management API
    High · 8.5 CVE-2026-39942 < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  8. Directus: Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy
    High · 8.7 CVE-2026-35408 < 11.17.0 11.17.0
  9. Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization
    Critical · 9.3 CVE-2025-55746 >= 10.8.0, < 11.9.3 11.9.3
  10. Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data
    High · 8.6 CVE-2025-30353 >= 9.12.0, < 11.5.0 11.5.0
  11. Directus allows unauthenticated access to WebSocket events and operations
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-54151 >= 11.0.0, < 11.3.0 11.3.0
  12. Session is cached for OpenID and OAuth2 if `redirect` is not used
    High · 7.4 CVE-2024-45596 < 10.13.3, >= 11.0.0-rc.1, < 11.1.0 10.13.3, 11.1.0
  13. Directus Allows Single Sign-On User Enumeration
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-39896 >= 9.11, < 10.13.0 10.13.0
  14. Directus incorrectly handles `_in` filter
    High · 6.3 CVE-2024-39701 >= 9.23.0, < 10.6.0 10.6.0
  15. Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-36128 < 10.11.2 10.11.2
  16. Directus has MySQL accent insensitive email matching
    High · 8.2 CVE-2024-27295 < 10.8.3 10.8.3
  17. Directus crashes on invalid WebSocket message
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-45820 >= 10.4.0, < 10.6.2 10.6.2
  18. Directus affected by VM2 sandbox escape vulnerability
    High · 7.6 ghsa-22rr-f3p8-5gf8 < 10.6.0 10.6.0
  19. directus vulnerable to HTML Injection in Password Reset email to custom Reset URL
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-27474 < 9.23.0 9.23.0
  20. Insecure default value for CORS configuration this entry
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-26969 < 9.7.0 9.7.0
  21. Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in directus
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-24814 < 9.7.0 9.7.0

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