Directus up to 10.5.x _in/_nin access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Directus up to 10.5.x. This affects the function _in/_nin. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-39701. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Directus up to 10.5.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function _in/_nin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Directus >=9.23.0, <=v10.5.3 improperly handles _in, _nin operators. It evaluates empty arrays as valid so expressions like {"role": {"_in": $CURRENT_USER.some_field}} would evaluate to true allowing the request to pass. This results in Broken Access Control because the rule fails to do what it was intended to do: Pass rule if **field** matches any of the **values**. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.6.0.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-39701 since 06/27/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Directus 10.6.0

Timelineinfo

06/27/2024 🔍
07/08/2024 +11 days 🔍
07/08/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/04/2025 +423 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-hxgm-ghmv-xjjm
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-39701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-39701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270509

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2024 19:22
Updated: 09/04/2025 16:51
Changes: 07/08/2024 19:22 (64), 07/10/2024 06:26 (1), 09/04/2025 16:51 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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