GHSA-cph6-524f-3hgr
Directus Vulnerable to Information Leakage in Existing Collections
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | directus | < 11.13.0 | 11.13.0 |
| npm | @directus/api | < 32.0.0 | 32.0.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary:
An observable difference in error messaging was found in the Directus REST API. The `/items/{collection}` API returns different error messages for these two cases:
1. A user tries to access an existing collection which they are not authorized to access.
2. A user tries to access a non-existing collection.
The two differing error messages leak the existence of collections to users which are not authorized to access these collections.
### Details:
The following response returns an error message, when requesting a collection the user is not authorized to access.
```
GET /items/no-access
{
"errors": [
{
"message": "You don't have permission to access collection \"no-access\" or it does not exist. Queried in root.",
"extensions": {
"reason": "You don't have permission to access collection \"no-access\" or it does not exist. Queried in root.",
"code": "FORBIDDEN"
}
}
]
}
```
The following response returns a different error message when requesting a collection which does not exist.
```
GET /items/does-not-exist
{
"errors": [
{
"message": "You don't have permission to access this.",
"extensions": {
"code": "FORBIDDEN"
}
}
]
}
```
### Impact:
The difference in errors between non-existent collections and collections blocked by permissions leak the existence of a collection to a user which is not authorized to access this object.
### Credit:
Sebastian Krause - [Hackmanit GmbH](https://hackmanit.de)
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.