{"cve":"CVE-2023-27481","nvd":{"published":"2023-03-07T19:15:12.750","modified":"2026-06-17T05:45:18.037","status":"Modified","description":"Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. In versions prior to 9.16.0 users with read access to the `password` field in `directus_users` can extract the argon2 password hashes by brute forcing the export functionality combined with a `_starts_with` filter. This allows the user to enumerate the password hashes. Accounts cannot be taken over unless the hashes can be reversed which is unlikely with current hardware. This problem has been patched by preventing any hashed/concealed field to be filtered against with the `_starts_with` or other string operator in version 9.16.0. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may mitigate this issue by ensuring that no user has `read` access to the `password` field in `directus_users`.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","score":4.3},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/14829","https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/15010","https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-m5q3-8wgf-x8xf","https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/14829","https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/15010"],"products":["monospace:directus"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:41.955480748+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-27481","score":0.00604,"percentile":0.48928,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-m5q3-8wgf-x8xf","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m5q3-8wgf-x8xf","summary":"Directus vulnerable to extraction of password hashes through export querying","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:53.053257823Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"directus","purl":"pkg:npm/directus","ranges":["<9.16.0"],"fixed":["9.16.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}