CVE-2024-27295 Directus MySQL accent insensitive email matching
Attackers can hijack accounts by exploiting accent-insensitive email matching in password reset flows, allowing reset emails to be sent to similar addresses.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-27295?
CVE-2024-27295 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 1 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. The password reset mechanism of the Directus backend allows attackers to receive a password reset email of a victim user, specifically having it arrive at a similar email address as the victim with a one or more characters changed to use accents. This is due to the fact that by default MySQL/MariaDB are configured for accent-insensitive and case-insensitive comparisons. This vulnerability is fixed in version 10.8.3.
Weakness: CWE-706
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27295?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including directus. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
directus npm | All versions | 10.8.3 |
directus npm | All versions | 10.8.3 |
Products include Monospace Directus.
How do I fix CVE-2024-27295?
Upgrade directus to 10.8.3 or later.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-27295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-qw9g-7549-7wg5.