CVE-2022-26969 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Directus before 9.7.0, the default settings of CORS_ORIGIN and CORS_ENABLED are true.

Published: 2022-12-26

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:monospace:directus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-1731	In Directus before 9.7.0, the default settings of CORS_ORIGIN and CORS_ENABLED are true.
Github GHSA	GHSA-g27j-74fp-xfpr	Insecure default value for CORS configuration

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00909.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS
https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/8daed9c41baeaf1d08c1e292bf9f0dcef65e48fb/docs/configuration/config-options.md
https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12022
https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v9.7.0
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DIRECTUS-2441822

History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-942
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Monospace Directus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T14:53:51.277Z

Reserved: 2022-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-26969

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:18:39.283Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-26T06:15:10.893

Modified: 2025-04-14T15:15:17.007

Link: CVE-2022-26969

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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