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Vulnerability details: VCID-grq6-67s2-47b4
Vulnerability ID VCID-grq6-67s2-47b4
Aliases CVE-2023-38503
GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
Summary Incorrect Permission Checking for GraphQL Subscriptions CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Access to information you should not have access to when the permissions rely on `$CURRENT_USER` for filtering.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
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 0.00143 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38503
cvssv3.1 5.7 https://github.com/directus/directus
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/directus/directus
cvssv3.1 5.7 https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/19155
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/19155
ssvc Track https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/19155
cvssv3.1 5.7 https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
ssvc Track https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
cvssv3.1 5.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38503
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38503
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38503
https://github.com/directus/directus
https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/19155
CVE-2023-38503 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38503
GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98 https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/19155
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/2024-10-10T17:37:11Z/ Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/19155
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
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/2024-10-10T17:37:11Z/ Found at https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38503
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 0.34243
EPSS Score 0.00143
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:45:26.360060+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/directus/CVE-2023-38503.yml 38.6.0