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CVE-2023-28443
directus vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Medium4.2EPSS 0.31%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 9.23.3, the `directus_refresh_token` is not redacted properly from the log outputs and can be used to impersonate users without their permission. This issue is patched in version 9.23.3.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmdirectusGHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/349536303983ccba68ecb3e4fb35315424011afc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/7c479c5161639aac466c763b6b958a9524201d74/api/src/logger.ts#L13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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