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

> Authenticated users can extract concealed sensitive fields like API tokens and 2FA secrets via aggregate queries in Directus.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-38hg-ww64-rrwc

## 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 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-35442?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 11.17.0 |
| `directus` | npm | All versions | 11.17.0 |

Products: 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.

## 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-2026-35442 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 11.17.0
- directus (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 11.17.0

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-2026-35442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35442/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-35442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-35442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.