CVE-2025-55746

Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files' database-resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won't show up in the Directus UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.9.3.

Affected

directus

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 GITHUB

9.3 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

EPSS

1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 72nd percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-73

Published

2025-08-20

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-55746.yaml

Security advisories

• directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-mv33-9f6j-pfmc
• advisories/GHSA-mv33-9f6j-pfmc
• directus/directus/commit/d84dcc36f75fc5c858d43746b8f9c426c38d696b

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry