Vulnerability · Published Apr 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-35442Directus: Authenticated Users Can Extract Concealed Fields via Aggregate Queries

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity information exposure in directus from directus. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.17.0, aggregate functions (min, max) applied to fields with the conceal special type incorrectly return raw database values instead of the masked placeholder. When combined with groupBy, any authenticated user with read access to the affected collection can extract concealed field values, including static API tokens and two-factor authentication secrets from directus_users. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	directus	11.17.0	GHSA-38hg-ww64-rrwc

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
directus	directus	< 11.17.0

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-38hg-ww64-rrwc x_refsource_CONFIRM