Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting directus package, versions <11.17.0
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- published5 Apr 2026
- disclosed4 Apr 2026
- creditliyander
Introduced: 4 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-35441 (opens in a new tab)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 GraphQL resolver process. An attacker can exhaust server resources and cause service degradation or outage by submitting a single request containing numerous aliases that trigger repeated execution of expensive relational queries. This is only exploitable if rate limiting is disabled.