CVE-2026-126539: directus directus

Directus before 12.1.0 Authorization Bypass via Public WebSocket REST Interface

CVSS 9.2 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0046 · 40th percentile

Critical, because:

CVSS score 9.2: 9.0 or more.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 11 Nov 2026, 00:58 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
directus	directus pkg:npm/directus	affected before 12.1.0 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-126539

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-636

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
9.2	Critical	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
8.1	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

11 Nov 2026, 00:58 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
11 Nov 2026, 01:05 UTC First seen by agentprime
11 Nov 2026, 01:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c vendor-advisory
github.com/directus/directus/commit/8d4cd86783bcbf5444eaf290e8dcecb33929300e patch
github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v12.1.0 release-notes
github.com/directus/directus/blob/v12.0.2/api/src/websocket/controllers/base.ts#L381-L397 technical-description
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/directus-before-12.1.0-authorization-bypass-via-public-websocket-rest-interface third-party-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.