CVE-2024-36128 Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Directus by triggering a memory issue in the random string generator, preventing session refreshes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-36128?
CVE-2024-36128 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 3 Jun 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. Prior to 10.11.2, providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.2.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36128?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including directus. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
directus npm | All versions | 10.11.2 |
directus npm | All versions | 10.11.2 |
Products include Monospace Directus.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36128?
Upgrade directus to 10.11.2 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-36128 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36128 exists.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-632p-p495-25m5.