Directus up to 11.4.x HEAD Request allocation of resources

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A vulnerability was found in Directus up to 11.4.x. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component HEAD Request Handler. The manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30350. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Directus up to 11.4.x. Affected is some unknown processing of the component HEAD Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-30350 since 03/21/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 11.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Directus

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• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4

Website

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

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