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CVE-2026-35442: Directus: Authenticated Users Can Extract Concealed Fields via Aggregate Queries
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 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-200
Description
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.17.0, aggregate functions (min, max) applied to fields with the conceal special type incorrectly return raw database values instead of the masked placeholder. When combined with groupBy, any authenticated user with read access to the affected collection can extract concealed field values, including static API tokens and two-factor authentication secrets from directus_users. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.
Affected products
- directus: before 11.17.0 — fixed in 11.17.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 11.17.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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