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Vulnerability details: VCID-bc42-4j4d-tudj
Vulnerability ID VCID-bc42-4j4d-tudj
Aliases CVE-2026-35441
GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
Summary Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.17.0, Directus' GraphQL endpoints (/graphql and /graphql/system) did not deduplicate resolver invocations within a single request. An authenticated user could exploit GraphQL aliasing to repeat an expensive relational query many times in a single request, forcing the server to execute a large number of independent complex database queries concurrently, multiplying database load linearly with the number of aliases. The existing token limit on GraphQL queries still permitted enough aliases for significant resource exhaustion, while the relational depth limit applied per alias without reducing the total number executed. Rate limiting is disabled by default, meaning no built-in throttle prevented this from causing CPU, memory, and I/O exhaustion that could degrade or crash the service. Any authenticated user, including those with minimal read-only permissions, could trigger this condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35441
epss 0.00015 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35441
epss 0.00017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35441
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/directus/directus
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/directus/directus
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
ssvc Track https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35441
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35441
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-35441
https://github.com/directus/directus
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35441
GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/directus/directus
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-07T14:47:06Z/ Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-ph52-67fq-75wj
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35441
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.02984
EPSS Score 0.00015
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:44:58.857793+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35441.json 38.6.0