Directus up to 11.x Cache Key Derivation get-cache-key.ts improper authorization

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Directus up to 11.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the file api/src/utils/get-cache-key.ts of the component Cache Key Derivation. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-61836. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Directus up to 11.x. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file api/src/utils/get-cache-key.ts of the component Cache Key Derivation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 12.0.0, when response caching is enabled, the cache-key derivation in api/src/utils/get-cache-key.ts includes version, path, query, and accountability.user but omits authorization context such as share, role, roles, admin, app, and policies. Directus share tokens and anonymous requests can both reduce to user null, so different shares or anonymous clients requesting the same URL and query can receive a permission-filtered cached response without permission re-evaluation. This issue is fixed in version 12.0.0.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-61836 since 07/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 12.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Directus

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• 11.x

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

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