Directus up to 9.22.x /files/import server-side request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Directus up to 9.22.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /files/import. Such manipulation leads to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-26492. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Directus up to 9.22.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file /files/import. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Directus is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) when importing a file from a remote web server (POST to `/files/import`). An attacker can bypass the security controls by performing a DNS rebinding attack and view sensitive data from internal servers or perform a local port scan. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access highly sensitive internal server(s) and steal sensitive information. This issue was fixed in version 9.23.0.

The weakness was shared 03/04/2023 as GHSA-j3rg-3rgm-537h. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-26492 since 02/23/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 9.23.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch ff53d3e69a602d05342e15d9bb616884833ddbff is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Name

• Directus

Version

• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4
• 9.5
• 9.6
• 9.7
• 9.8
• 9.9
• 9.10
• 9.11
• 9.12
• 9.13
• 9.14
• 9.15
• 9.16
• 9.17
• 9.18
• 9.19
• 9.20
• 9.21
• 9.22

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/directus/directus/

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