CVE-2026-26185 Directus Affected by User Enumeration via Password Reset Timing Attack
Attackers can enumerate valid users via timing differences in password reset responses, exposing user existence information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-26185?
CVE-2026-26185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 12 Feb 2026. 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. Before 11.14.1, a timing-based user enumeration vulnerability exists in the password reset functionality. When an invalid reset_url parameter is provided, the response time differs by approximately 500ms between existing and non-existing users, enabling reliable user enumeration. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.14.1.
Weakness: CWE-203
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-26185?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including @directus/api and directus. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
@directus/api npm | All versions | 32.2.0 |
@directus/api npm | All versions | 32.2.0 |
directus npm | All versions | 11.14.1 |
directus npm | All versions | 11.14.1 |
Products include Monospace Directus.
How do I fix CVE-2026-26185?
Upgrade @directus/api to 32.2.0 or later.
Is CVE-2026-26185 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26185 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Monospace Directus
- CVE-2022-26969 Insecure default value for CORS configuration
- CVE-2025-55746 Directus allows unauthenticated file upload and file modification due to lacking input sanitization
- CVE-2026-35408 Directus is Missing Cross-Origin Opener Policy
- CVE-2026-61836 Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key
- CVE-2025-30353 Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jr94-gj3h-c8rf.