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CVE-2024-46990: SSRF Loopback IP filter bypass in directus

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. When relying on blocking access to localhost using the default `0.0.0.0` filter a user may bypass this block by using other registered loopback devices (like `127.0.0.2` - `127.127.127.127`). This issue has been addressed in release versions 10.13.3 and 11.1.0. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may block this bypass by manually adding the `127.0.0.0/8` CIDR range which will block access to any `127.X.X.X` ip instead of just `127.0.0.1`.

Affected products

• directus: before 10.13.3; from 11.0.0 before 11.1.0 — fixed in 10.13.3, 11.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 10.13.3, 11.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/4aace0bbe57232e38cd6a287ee475293e46dc91b
• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/769fa22797bff5a9231599883b391e013f122e52
• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/8cbf943b65fd4a763d09a5fdbba8996b1e7797ff
• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/c1f3ccc681595038d094ce110ddeee38cb38f431
• https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-68g8-c275-xf2m

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