GHSA-rmjh-cf9q-pv7q

Directus' exact version number is exposed by the OpenAPI Spec

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2025-53887

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	directus	< 11.9.0	11.9.0

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

### Summary The exact Directus version number is incorrectly being used as OpenAPI Spec version this means that it is being exposed by the `/server/specs/oas` endpoint without authentication. ### Impact With the exact version information a malicious attacker can look for known vulnerabilities in Directus core or any of its shipped dependencies in that specific running version.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-rmjh-cf9q-pv7q web
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53887 advisory
https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/25353 web
https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/e74f3e4e92edc33b5f83eefb001a3d2a85af17a3 web
https://github.com/directus/directus package
https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v11.9.0 web