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TI-2025-21656 Aliases CVE-2025-30350GHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5

Directus's S3 assets become unavailable after a burst of HEAD requests

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. The `@directus/storage-driver-s3` package starting in version 9.22.0 and prior to version 12.0.1, corresponding to Directus starting in version 9.22.0 and prior to 11.5.0, is vulnerable to asset unavailability after a burst of HEAD requests. Some tools use Directus to sync content and assets, and some of those tools use the HEAD method to check the existence of files. When making many HEAD requests at once, at some point, all assets are eventually served as 403. This causes denial of assets for all policies of Directus, including Admin and Public. Version 12.0.1 of the `@directus/storage-driver-s3` package, corresponding to version 11.5.0 of Directus, fixes the issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0044 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed directus (directus): 11.5.0@directus/storage-driver-s3 (npm): 12.0.1+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
directusdirectus9.22.0 to before 11.5.011.5.0Patch availableCNA
—@directus/storage-driver-s3 (npm)9.22.0 to before 12.0.112.0.1Patch availableGHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5
—directus (npm)9.22 to before 11.5.011.5.0Patch availableGHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5
  • directus Vendordirectus Affected 9.22.0 to before 11.5.0 Fixed in 11.5.0 Patch available CNA
  • @directus/storage-driver-s3 (npm) Vendor— Affected 9.22.0 to before 12.0.1 Fixed in 12.0.1 Patch available GHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5
  • directus (npm) Vendor— Affected 9.22 to before 11.5.0 Fixed in 11.5.0 Patch available GHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:monospace:directus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*9.22.0 to before 11.5.0Vulnerabledirectus
  • cpe:2.3:a:monospace:directus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.22.0 to before 11.5.0 Vulnerable ·directus

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA directus (directus) Fixed in 11.5.0
  • Fix · GHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5 @directus/storage-driver-s3 (npm) Fixed in 12.0.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5 directus (npm) Fixed in 11.5.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-30350
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rv78-qqrq-73m5

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-21659 Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2024-36266 Directus allows unauthenticated access to WebSocket events and operations CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-26791 Directus allows SSO User Enumeration CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-23956 Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-26624 Directus Incorrectly handles _in` filter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2025-21658 Directus `search` query parameter allows enumeration of non permitted fields CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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