CVE-2026-35410: Directus has an Open Redirect via Parser Bypass in OAuth2/SAML Authentication Flow

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: none known
Published: 2026-04-06 · updated 2026-07-24
Weakness: CWE-184

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.16.1, an open redirect vulnerability exists in the login redirection logic. The isLoginRedirectAllowed function fails to correctly identify certain malformed URLs as external, allowing attackers to bypass redirect allow-list validation and redirect users to arbitrary external domains upon successful authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.16.1.

Affected products

directus: before 11.16.1 — fixed in 11.16.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 11.16.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-cf45-hxwj-4cfj

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