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CVE-2023-28443: directus vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 9.23.3, the `directus_refresh_token` is not redacted properly from the log outputs and can be used to impersonate users without their permission. This issue is patched in version 9.23.3.

Affected products

• directus: before 9.23.3 — fixed in 9.23.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 9.23.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/7c479c5161639aac466c763b6b958a9524201d74/api/src/logger.ts#L13
• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/349536303983ccba68ecb3e4fb35315424011afc
• https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7
• https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/7c479c5161639aac466c763b6b958a9524201d74/api/src/logger.ts#L13
• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/349536303983ccba68ecb3e4fb35315424011afc
• https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7

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