CVE-2026-126539

Description

Directus before 12.1.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to skip permission checks by sending a failed auth message on public-mode WebSocket connections. Attackers can send an invalid token so handleAuthRequest sets accountability to null, then read, create, update or delete records in any user-defined collection.

References

• https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/v12.0.2/api/src/websocket/controllers/base.ts#L381-L397
• https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/8d4cd86783bcbf5444eaf290e8dcecb33929300e
• https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v12.1.0
• https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/directus-before-12.1.0-authorization-bypass-via-public-websocket-rest-interface