Directus up to 11.13.x SAML Authentication RelayState redirect

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Directus up to 11.13.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component SAML Authentication. Such manipulation of the argument RelayState leads to redirect. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-22032. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Directus up to 11.13.x. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SAML Authentication. The manipulation of the argument RelayState with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 11.14.0, an open redirect vulnerability exists in the Directus SAML authentication callback endpoint. During SAML authentication, the `RelayState` parameter is intended to preserve the user's original destination. However, while the login initiation flow validates redirect targets against allowed domains, this validation is not applied to the callback endpoint. This allows an attacker to craft a malicious authentication request that redirects users to an arbitrary external URL upon completion. The vulnerability is present in both the success and error handling paths of the callback. This vulnerability can be exploited without authentication. Version 11.14.0 contains a patch.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-22032 since 01/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1204.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 11.14.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Directus

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• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.7
• 11.8
• 11.9
• 11.10
• 11.11
• 11.12
• 11.13

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

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