CVE•Published 2026-07-15•Modified 2026-07-28•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-61836Monospace · Directus

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 80% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-524Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 12.0.0, when response caching is enabled, the cache-key derivation in api/src/utils/get-cache-key.ts includes version, path, query, and accountability.user but omits authorization context such as share, role, roles, admin, app, and policies. Directus share tokens and anonymous requests can both reduce to user null, so different shares or anonymous clients requesting the same URL and query can receive a permission-filtered cached response without permission re-evaluation. This issue is fixed in version 12.0.0.

Timeline

Published 2026-07-15

Modified 2026-07-28

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.

Shodan · vuln tag

vuln:CVE-2026-61836

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Monospace Directus"

All exposed Monospace Directus instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Directus"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Directus" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-61836