High 8.5Published Apr 9, 2026

CVE-2026-39942Directus has a Path Traversal and Broken Access Control in File Management API

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:25 PM ET)

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Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.17.0, the PATCH /files/{id} endpoint accepts a user-controlled filename_disk parameter. By setting this value to match the storage path of another user's file, an attacker can overwrite that file's content while manipulating metadata fields such as uploaded_by to obscure the tampering. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.

CVSS: 8.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284, CWE-639
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 9, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

directus directus directus:directus (from the name)	before 11.17.0	CNA record
monospace directus monospace:directus	before 11.17.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-393c-p46r-7c95	x-refsource-confirm, mitigation, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v11.17.0	x-refsource-misc, product, release-notes

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