CVE-2026-126539
Published:November 11, 2026
Updated:November 13, 2026
Directus before 12.1.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to skip permission checks by sending a failed auth message on public-mode WebSocket connections. Attackers can send an invalid token so handleAuthRequest sets accountability to null, then read, create, update or delete records in any user-defined collection.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/directus/directus.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v10.3.0 <v12.1.0 || >=v11.0.0-rc.1 <v12.1.0 || >=v12.0.0-rc.1 <v12.1.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v12.1.0@directus/api (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=17.0.0 <37.0.0 || =30.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=14.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=32.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=21.0.0-rc.0 <37.0.0 || >=27.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=29.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=26.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=33.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=28.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=24.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=25.0.0 <37.0.0 || =31.0.0 <37.0.0 || =11.1.0 <37.0.0 || >=12.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=22.0.0 <37.0.0 || =15.0.0 <37.0.0 || =16.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=35.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=13.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=20.0.0-rc.0 <37.0.0 || >=18.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=23.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=34.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=19.0.0 <37.0.0 || >=36.0.0-rc.0 <37.0.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 37.0.0Related Resources (8)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Not Failing Securely
EPSS
Base Score:
0.46