Directus's conceal fields are searchable if read permissions enabled

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

• CVE-2025-64748: 0.30% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 22.34 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

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Summary A vulnerability allows authenticated users to search concealed/sensitive fields when they have read permissions. While actual values remain masked (), successful matches can be detected through returned records, enabling enumeration attacks on sensitive data. Details The system permits search operations on concealed fields in the directususers collection, including token, tfasecret, password. Matching records are returned with masked values, but their presence confirms the searched value exists. The "Recommended Defaults" for "App Access" grant users full read permissions to their role/user records, inadvertently enabling them to search for any user's tokens, TFA secrets, and password hashes. Attackers can leverage known password hashes from breach databases to identify accounts with compromised passwords. Impact This vulnerability enables: - Token enumeration - Verification of valid authentication tokens - Password hash matching - Identification of accounts using known…

Published by the source

13 Nov 2025, 23:06 UTC

Last modified by the source

15 Nov 2025, 03:15 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC

1. Revision 2 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-8jpw-gpr4-8cmh

2. Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record GHSA-8jpw-gpr4-8cmh

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-64748

Advisory: Directus's conceal fields are searchable if read permissions enabled
IDs: CVE-2025-64748, GHSA-8jpw-gpr4-8cmh
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-64748 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: directus 11.13.0; @directus/api 32.0.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm directus: affected < 11.13.0; fixed in 11.13.0
- npm @directus/api: affected < 32.0.0; fixed in 32.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls directus --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.
- `npm ls @directus/api --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on directus, @directus/api.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8jpw-gpr4-8cmh (OSV record GHSA-8jpw-gpr4-8cmh lists affected ranges: npm directus >=0 =0 <32.0.0 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jpw-gpr4-8cmh (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-8jpw-gpr4-8cmh lists affected ranges: npm directus >=0 =0 <32.0.0)

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