CVE-2024-27295: Directus MySQL accent insensitive email matching

Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-706

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. The password reset mechanism of the Directus backend allows attackers to receive a password reset email of a victim user, specifically having it arrive at a similar email address as the victim with a one or more characters changed to use accents. This is due to the fact that by default MySQL/MariaDB are configured for accent-insensitive and case-insensitive comparisons. This vulnerability is fixed in version 10.8.3.

Affected products

directus: before 10.8.3 — fixed in 10.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 10.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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