Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-55746

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content.

Published Aug 20, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 20, 2025 · Directus is a real-time

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-55746. EPSS is 1.40%. Act only if a listed version of Directus is a real-time is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Directus is a real-time).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Critical9.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.40%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor directus directus 10.8.0, < 11.9.3

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files' database-resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won't show up in the Directus UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.9.3.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor directus directus 10.8.0, < 11.9.310.8.0, < 11.9.3

How to fix CVE-2025-55746

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-55746. EPSS is 1.40%. Act only if a listed version of Directus is a real-time is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with directus directus 10.8.0, < 11.9.3 10.8.0, < 11.9.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.40%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files' database-resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won't

  2. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied to the files' database-resident metadata) and / or upload new files, with arbitrary content and extensions, which won't

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-55746

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-55746

    30-day exploitation probability 1.40%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25355

    Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. From 10.8.0 to before 11.9.3, a vulnerability exists in the file update mechanism which allows an unauthenticated actor to modify existing files with arbitrary contents (without changes being applied

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026