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CVE-2022-26969

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-942

Description

In Directus before 9.7.0, the default settings of CORS_ORIGIN and CORS_ENABLED are true.

Affected products

• directus: before 9.7.0 — fixed in 9.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 9.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS
• https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/8daed9c41baeaf1d08c1e292bf9f0dcef65e48fb/docs/configuration/config-options.md
• https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12022
• https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v9.7.0
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DIRECTUS-2441822
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS
• https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/8daed9c41baeaf1d08c1e292bf9f0dcef65e48fb/docs/configuration/config-options.md
• https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12022
• https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v9.7.0
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DIRECTUS-2441822

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