SB2023030762 - Information disclosure in Directus

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27481)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote user to disclose password hashes.

The vulnerability exists due to exposure of sensitive information in the export functionality for the directus_users password field when combining export queries with a _starts_with filter. A remote privileged user can brute force export queries to disclose password hashes.

The issue affects users who have read access to the password field in directus_users.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-m5q3-8wgf-x8xf
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5q3-8wgf-x8xf