Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting directus package, versions <11.17.0
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- published5 Apr 2026
- disclosed4 Apr 2026
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Introduced: 4 Apr 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-770 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade directus to version 11.17.0 or higher.
Overview
directus is a Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the health check resolver process. An attacker can exhaust system resources, leading to service degradation or outage, by sending a single unauthenticated GraphQL request that repeatedly invokes the resolver using multiple aliases.