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CVE-2025-64746

Improper Permission Handling on Deleted Fields in Directus

Severity
Medium 5.4
Published
13 Nov 2025
Last changed
19 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
11.13.0
Also known as
GHSA-9x5g-62gj-wqf2
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 11.13.0, Directus does not properly clean up field-level permissions when a field is deleted. When a field is removed from a collection, its reference in the permissions table remains intact. This stale reference creates a security gap: if another field is later created using the same name, it…

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
DirectusServers and applications · cpe:a:monospace:directus
  • Every version before 11.13.0
DirectusServers and applications · github:directus/directus
  • Every version before 11.13.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64746
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64746
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9x5g-62gj-wqf2
  • github.com https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-9x5g-62gj-wqf2