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directus vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 9.23.3, the `directus_refresh_token` is not redacted properly from the log outputs and can be used to impersonate users without their permission. This issue is patched in version 9.23.3.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-28443
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 06:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
directus vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 23 Mar 2023, 23:13 UTC
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 9.23.3, the `directus_refresh_token` is not redacted properly from the log outputs and can be used to impersonate users without their permission. This issue is patched in version 9.23.3.
osv:CVE-2023-28443
Complete source record
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