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GHSA-mvv8-v4jj-g47j Directus: Sensitive fields exposed in revision history

MEDIUM Published 2026-04-04 Modified 2026-04-09 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-39943
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
directus
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-312
Reviewed
2026-04-04

Affected packages

• npm directus: < 11.17.0 → fixed in 11.17.0

Description

Summary Directus stores revision records (in `directus_revisions`) whenever items are created or updated. Due to the revision snapshot code not consistently calling the `prepareDelta` sanitization pipeline, sensitive fields (including user tokens, two-factor authentication secrets, external auth identifiers, auth data, stored credentials, and AI provider API keys) could be stored in plaintext within revision records. Impact Any user or service account with read access to `directus_revisions` (or flow logs) could retrieve values for fields that are supposed to be concealed or encrypted at rest, including: • `token`, `tfa_secret`, `external_identifier`, `auth_data`, `credentials` • `ai_openai_api_key`, `ai_anthropic_api_key`, `ai_google_api_key`, `ai_openai_compatible_api_key` This could lead to account takeover (via stolen tokens or 2FA secrets) or unauthorized use of third-party API keys stored against users. Affected code paths 1. Item create/update revisions The data (snapshot) field written to directus_revisions was not processed through prepareDelta, so concealed/encrypted fields were stored without redaction. Relational fields were also included, which should have been excluded. 2. Authentication service When a user was auto-suspended after repeated failed login attempts, the revision record was created with the raw user object (including all sensitive fields) rather than the sanitized delta.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-39943 Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness

References