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TI-2026-27544 Aliases CVE-2026-35408GHSA-8m32-p958-jg99

Directus is Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-346Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-346.

Summary

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.17.0, Directus's Single Sign-On (SSO) login pages lacked a Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy (COOP) HTTP response header. Without this header, a malicious cross-origin window that opens the Directus login page retains the ability to access and manipulate the window object of that page. An attacker can exploit this to intercept and redirect the OAuth authorization flow to an attacker-controlled OAuth client, causing the victim to unknowingly grant access to their authentication provider account (e.g. Google, Discord). This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00172 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed directus (directus): 11.17.0directus (npm): 11.17.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
directusdirectusbefore 11.17.011.17.0Patch availableCNA
—directus (npm)before 11.17.011.17.0Patch availableGHSA-8m32-p958-jg99
  • directus Vendordirectus Affected before 11.17.0 Fixed in 11.17.0 Patch available CNA
  • directus (npm) Vendor— Affected before 11.17.0 Fixed in 11.17.0 Patch available GHSA-8m32-p958-jg99

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:monospace:directus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 11.17.0Vulnerabledirectus
  • cpe:2.3:a:monospace:directus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 11.17.0 Vulnerable ·directus

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA directus (directus) Fixed in 11.17.0
  • Fix · GHSA-8m32-p958-jg99 directus (npm) Fixed in 11.17.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35408
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8m32-p958-jg99

References

Advisory 2

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
See all 55 →

Sources

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