Information disclosure in Directus - CVE-2023-27481
Published: March 7, 2023 / Updated: April 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127091
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27481
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Directus
How to mitigate CVE-2023-27481
Install security update from vendor's website.
Directus - update to 9.16.0