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