Resource exhaustion in Directus - CVE-2024-39895
Published: July 8, 2024 / Updated: April 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127102
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39895
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in the GraphQL endpoint when processing crafted GraphQL queries with duplicated fields. A remote user can send a specially crafted GraphQL query to cause a denial of service.
The issue can cause the service to become unresponsive for several minutes, and repeated requests can keep the service unavailable.
Affected software
Directus
How to mitigate CVE-2024-39895
Install security update from vendor's website.
Directus - update to 10.12.0