{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including directus. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38503 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade directus to 10.5.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2023-38503 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 25 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-38503 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-38503 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 25 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38503 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- directus (npm): affected from 10.3.0; fixed in 10.5.0\n- directus (npm): affected from 10.3.0; fixed in 10.5.0\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38503/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38503/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-38503","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38503/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-38503","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Directus API dashboard","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Unauthorized users can receive real-time updates for restricted data via GraphQL subscriptions due to improper permission checks.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"directus","vendor":"monospace"}],"cvss":{"score":5.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"},{"id":"CWE-200","name":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor"}],"description":"Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 10.3.0 and prior to version 10.5.0, the permission filters (i.e. `user_created IS $CURRENT_USER`) are not properly checked when using GraphQL subscription resulting in unauthorized users getting event on their subscription which they should not be receiving according to the permissions. This can be any collection but out-of-the box the `directus_users` collection is configured with such a permissions filter allowing you to get updates for other users when changes happen. Version 10.5.0 contains a patch. As a workaround, disable GraphQL subscriptions.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Directus has Incorrect Permission Checking for GraphQL Subscriptions","id":"CVE-2023-38503","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":"monospace:directus","products":["monospace:directus"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Sails DoS vulnerability for apps with sockets enabled","id":"CVE-2023-38504"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["10.5.0"],"introduced":["10.3.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"directus","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["10.5.0"],"introduced":["10.3.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"directus","purl":"pkg:npm/directus","source":"GHSA-gggm-66rh-pp98"}],"prev":{"headline":"TDengine Database Denial-of-Service","id":"CVE-2023-38502"},"products":["directus"],"published":"2023-07-25","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Insecure default value for CORS configuration","id":"CVE-2022-26969","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-12-26"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization","id":"CVE-2025-55746","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-20"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Directus is Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy","id":"CVE-2026-35408","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-06"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key","id":"CVE-2026-61836","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-15"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data","id":"CVE-2025-30353","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-03-26"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Directus has a Path Traversal and Broken Access Control in File Management API","id":"CVE-2026-39942","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-09"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Directus MySQL accent insensitive email matching","id":"CVE-2024-27295","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-10-10","vendors":["directus"]},"summary":"Unauthorized users can receive real-time updates for restricted data via GraphQL subscriptions due to improper permission checks.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38503/"}