Directus up to 11.16.0 /admin/tfa-setup redirect

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Directus up to 11.16.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file /admin/tfa-setup. Such manipulation of the argument redirect leads to redirect. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-35411. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Directus up to 11.16.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file /admin/tfa-setup. The manipulation of the argument redirect 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 11.16.1, Directus is vulnerable to an open redirect via the redirect query parameter on the /admin/tfa-setup page. When an administrator who has not yet configured Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) visits a crafted URL, they are presented with the legitimate Directus 2FA setup page. After completing the setup process, the application redirects the user to the attacker-controlled URL specified in the redirect parameter without any validation. This vulnerability could be used in phishing attacks targeting Directus administrators, as the initial interaction occurs on a trusted domain. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.16.1.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-35411 since 04/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed 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 11.16.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• 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
• 11.15
• 11.16.0

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

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