# CVE-2024-34708: Directus allows redacted data extraction on the API through "alias"

> An attacker with view permissions can bypass redaction to extract raw sensitive data via API alias parameters.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p8v3-m643-4xqx

## What is CVE-2024-34708?

CVE-2024-34708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 13 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. A user with permission to view any collection using redacted hashed fields can get access the raw stored version using the `alias` functionality on the API. Normally, these redacted fields will return `**********` however  if we change the request to `?alias[workaround]=redacted` we can instead retrieve the plain text value for the field. This can be avoided by removing permission to view the sensitive fields entirely from users or roles that should not be able to see them. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.0.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34708?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including directus. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 10.11.0 |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 10.11.0 |

Products: Monospace Directus.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34708?

Upgrade directus to 10.11.0 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-34708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Monospace Directus

- [CVE-2022-26969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26969/): Insecure default value for CORS configuration (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-55746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55746/): Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-35408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35408/): Directus is Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-61836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61836/): Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-30353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30353/): Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 13 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 10.11.0
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 10.11.0

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.