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SCA: security update for @directus/api, directus (GHSA-mv33-9f6j-pfmc)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435026

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before
 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to
 modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files' database-
 resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won't show up
 in the Directus UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.9.3. (CVE-2025-55746)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mv33-9f6j-pfmc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435026

Version: Revision 1.17

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/21/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.56

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55746

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55746

cwe: CWE-73