CVE-2023-27481

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-27481
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-03-07 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-14 16:39:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. In versions prior to 9.16.0 users with read access to the `password` field in `directus_users` can extract the argon2 password hashes by brute forcing the export functionality combined with a `_starts_with` filter. This allows the user to enumerate the password hashes. Accounts cannot be taken over unless the hashes can be reversed which is unlikely with current hardware. This problem has been patched by preventing any hashed/concealed field to be filtered against with the `_starts_with` or other string operator in version 9.16.0. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may mitigate this issue by ensuring that no user has `read` access to the `password` field in `directus_users`.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Monospace Directus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Check for allowed filter operators when applying filter by licitdev · Pull Request #14829 · directus/directus · GitHub MISC github.com
Only allow null filter operators for fields with "conceal" special by licitdev · Pull Request #15010 · directus/directus · GitHub MISC github.com
Extract password hashes through export querying · Advisory · directus/directus · GitHub MISC github.com
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