CVE-2024-54151 Directus allows unauthenticated access to WebSocket events and operations
Unauthenticated users can perform admin-level CRUD and subscription operations if WebSocket authentication is explicitly set to public.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-54151?
CVE-2024-54151 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 9 Dec 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. Starting in version 11.0.0 and prior to version 11.3.0, when setting `WEBSOCKETS_GRAPHQL_AUTH` or `WEBSOCKETS_REST_AUTH` to "public", an unauthenticated user is able to do any of the supported operations (CRUD, subscriptions) with full admin privileges. This impacts any Directus instance that has either `WEBSOCKETS_GRAPHQL_AUTH` or `WEBSOCKETS_REST_AUTH` set to `public` allowing unauthenticated users to subscribe for changes on any collection or do REST CRUD operations on user defined collections ignoring permissions. Version 11.3.0 fixes the issue.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54151?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including @directus/api and directus. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
@directus/api npm | From 22.2.0 | 23.2.0 |
@directus/api npm | From 22.2.0 | 23.2.0 |
directus npm | From 11.0.0 | 11.3.0 |
directus npm | From 11.0.0 | 11.3.0 |
Products include Monospace Directus.
How do I fix CVE-2024-54151?
Upgrade @directus/api to 23.2.0 or later.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-54151 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-54151 exists.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-849r-qrwj-8rv4.