01 Record
CVE-2022-26969
In Directus before 9.7.0, the default settings of CORS_ORIGIN and CORS_ENABLED are true.
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
In Directus before 9.7.0, the default settings of CORS_ORIGIN and CORS_ENABLED are true.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-12-26 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-14 14:53Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-03-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-942Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted DomainsVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 33e5b06e85b8538c6e8ef0b8e70ebe087e61b983339d2f958660070c1038b67b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/directus/directus/blob/8daed9c41baeaf1d08c1e292bf9f0dcef65e48fb/docs/configuration/config-options.md
- github.comhttps://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12022
- security.snyk.iohttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DIRECTUS-2441822
- developer.mozilla.orghttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS
- github.comhttps://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v9.7.0