Security advisory

{
  "id": "55c954f218515f670fd345cfbf007cd4f57bb7b4bb7e1593dd78ee0d88801ae9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27583",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-27583",
    "summary": "In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can discover whether a user is present in the database through the password reset feature. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-27583",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-27583",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-27583"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/directus/directus",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "7a0ddbd38e44f1f2c188dfdc6840e72be5126798"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5bdfc79eef6a82f8f075af27880f2a5fb85a7bee"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rangerstudio:directus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.8.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v8.8.1",
            "v8.8.0",
            "v8.7.2",
            "v8.7.1",
            "v8.7.0",
            "v8.6.2",
            "v8.6.1",
            "v8.6.0",
            "v8.5.5",
            "v8.5.4",
            "v8.5.3",
            "v8.5.2",
            "v8.5.1",
            "v8.5.0",
            "v8.4.0",
            "v8.3.1",
            "v8.3.0",
            "v8.2.0",
            "v8.1.0",
            "v8.0.2",
            "v8.0.1",
            "v8.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-27583.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.348805311Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/sgranel/directusv8"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-27583",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433250,
  "published_at": "2021-02-23T19:15:14.213+00:00"
}