CVE-2022-36031: Unhandled exception on illegal filename_disk value

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: yes
Published: 2022-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-755

Description

Directus is a free and open-source data platform for headless content management. The Directus process can be aborted by having an authorized user update the `filename_disk` value to a folder and accessing that file through the `/assets` endpoint. This vulnerability has been patched and release v9.15.0 contains the fix. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may prevent this problem by making sure no (untrusted) non-admin users have permissions to update the `filename_disk` field on `directus_files`.

Affected products

directus: before 9.15.0 — fixed in 9.15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 9.15.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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