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SCA: security update for directus (GHSA-qw9g-7549-7wg5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418359

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. The password reset
 mechanism of the Directus backend allows attackers to receive a password reset email of a victim user,
 specifically having it arrive at a similar email address as the victim with a one or more characters
 changed to use accents. This is due to the fact that by default MySQL/MariaDB are configured for accent-
 insensitive and case-insensitive comparisons. This vulnerability is fixed in version 10.8.3.
 (CVE-2024-27295)

Solution

Update the directus library and its related packages to version 10.8.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qw9g-7549-7wg5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418359

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27295

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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: 3/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27295

cwe: CWE-706