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SCA: security update for directus (GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439835

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,
 Directus' GraphQL endpoints (/graphql and /graphql/system) did not deduplicate resolver invocations within
 a single request. An authenticated user could exploit GraphQL aliasing to repeat an expensive relational
 query many times in a single request, forcing the server to execute a large number of independent complex
 database queries concurrently, multiplying database load linearly with the number of aliases. The existing
 token limit on GraphQL queries still permitted enough aliases for significant resource exhaustion, while
 the relational depth limit applied per alias without reducing the total number executed. Rate limiting is
 disabled by default, meaning no built-in throttle prevented this from causing CPU, memory, and I/O
 exhaustion that could degrade or crash the service. Any authenticated user, including those with minimal
 read-only permissions, could trigger this condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.
 (CVE-2026-35441)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439835

Version: Revision 1.8

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35441

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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-2026-35441