directus up to 11.14.0 reset_url timing discrepancy

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A vulnerability has been found in directus up to 11.14.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument reset_url results in timing discrepancy. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-26185. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in directus up to 11.14.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument reset_url with an unknown input leads to a timing discrepancy vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-208. Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Before 11.14.1, a timing-based user enumeration vulnerability exists in the password reset functionality. When an invalid reset_url parameter is provided, the response time differs by approximately 500ms between existing and non-existing users, enabling reliable user enumeration. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.14.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-26185 since 02/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 11.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch e69aa7a5248c6e3e822cb1ac354dee295df90b2a 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

• 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
• 11.14.0

License

• open-source

Website

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

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