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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-26595

In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can learn sensitive information such as the version of the CMS, the PHP version used by the site, and the name of the DBMS, simply by view the result of the api-aa, called automatically upon a connection. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

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CVE-2021-26595
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1 Nov 2026, 07:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-26595

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Feb 2021, 19:15 UTC

In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can learn sensitive information such as the version of the CMS, the PHP version used by the site, and the name of the DBMS, simply by view the result of the api-aa, called automatically upon a connection. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

osv:CVE-2021-26595
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26595",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can learn sensitive information such as the version of the CMS, the PHP version used by the site, and the name of the DBMS, simply by view the result of the api-aa, called automatically upon a connection. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.171523581Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/sgranel/directusv8"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439727,
  "published_at": "2021-02-23T19:15:13.853+00:00"
}