CVE-2026-35442 Directus: Authenticated Users Can Extract Concealed Fields via Aggregate Queries

What is CVE-2026-35442?

CVE-2026-35442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Monospace Directus, published on 6 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.17.0, aggregate functions (min, max) applied to fields with the conceal special type incorrectly return raw database values instead of the masked placeholder. When combined with groupBy, any authenticated user with read access to the affected collection can extract concealed field values, including static API tokens and two-factor authentication secrets from directus_users. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.17.0.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-35442?

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

Products include Monospace Directus.

How do I fix CVE-2026-35442?

Upgrade directus to 11.17.0 or later.

Is CVE-2026-35442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-35442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-61836 Directus: Authorization-dependent response served from unsegmented cache key High 8.6
• CVE-2025-30353 Directus's webhook trigger flows can leak sensitive data High 8.6

All Monospace Directus vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-38hg-ww64-rrwc.