CVE-2025-53887Sensitive Information Exposure in Directus

Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 15

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to version 11.9.0, the exact Directus version number is incorrectly being used as OpenAPI Spec version this means that it is being exposed by the `/server/specs/oas` endpoint without authentication. With the exact version information a malicious attacker can look for known vulnerabilities in Directus core or any of its shipped dependencies in that specific running version. Version

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

npmdirectus/directus< 11.9.0
NVDmonospace/directus9.0.011.9.0
CVEListV5directus/directus>= 9.0.0, < 11.9.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
Directus' exact version number is exposed by the OpenAPI Spec2025-07-15
OSV
Directus' exact version number is exposed by the OpenAPI Spec2025-07-15