CVE-2026-35442 HIGH

CVE-2026-35442: Directus: Authenticated Users Can Extract Concealed Fields via Aggregate Queries

Vendor Directus
Product directus
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published April 6, 2026
Last update April 7, 2026

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 6, 2026 CVE published
April 7, 2026 Record updated