Directus before 12.1.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to skip permission checks by…
CVE-2026-126539
Directus before 12.1.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to skip permission checks by sending a failed auth message on public-mode WebSocket connections. Attackers can send an invalid token so handleAuthRequest sets accountability to null, then read, create, update or delete records in any user-defined collection.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 9.2 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Critical
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 11 November 2026
- Last updated
- 11 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/8d4cd86783bcbf5444eaf290e8dcecb33929300e
- https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v12.1.0
- https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/v12.0.2/api/src/websocket/controllers/base.ts#L381-L397
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/directus-before-12.1.0-authorization-bypass-via-public-websocket-rest-interface
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