CVE-2023-45820 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-45820

Directus crashes on invalid WebSocket message

Vulnerability Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. In affected versions any Directus installation that has websockets enabled can be crashed if the websocket server receives an invalid frame. A malicious user could leverage this bug to crash Directus. This issue has been addressed in version 10.6.2. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using websockets.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

directus
Vulnerable Versions:
>=10.4, < 10.6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 19th, 2023
Last Modified: September 12th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-755

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact