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SCA: security update for directus (GHSA-38hg-ww64-rrwc)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439829

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. 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.
 (CVE-2026-35442)

Solution

Update the directus library and its related packages to version 11.17.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38hg-ww64-rrwc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439829

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35442

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35442