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CVE-2026-61835: Directus: SSRF Protection Bypass via 0.0.0.0 in File Import

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-15 · updated 2026-07-28
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 12.0.0, the SSRF protection on Directus's file-import-from-URL feature can be bypassed using the address 0.0.0.0 because api/src/request/is-denied-ip.ts treats 0.0.0.0 as a keyword for local interfaces but never blocks the literal address itself. On Linux and macOS, connecting to 0.0.0.0 reaches localhost, so an authenticated user with file-upload rights can make the server fetch internal services through the /files/import endpoint and retrieve the response as a downloadable file. This issue is fixed in version 12.0.0.

Affected products

• directus: before 12.0.0 — fixed in 12.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: directus 12.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/f75b25fa44b05c6022b20f231c20bc6e50f021d7
• https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/27606
• https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v12.0.0
• https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-j5h6-vqc3-phqh

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