# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-632p-p495-25m5

## 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 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36128?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 10.11.2 |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 10.11.2 |

Products: Monospace Directus.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36128?

Upgrade directus to 10.11.2 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-36128 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36128 exists.

## 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-2024-36128 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36128 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 10.11.2
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 10.11.2

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-2024-36128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36128/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36128
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36128
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36128

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36128/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.