CVE-2024-39895
- Reference to the description:
- Description:
- Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. A denial of service (DoS) attack by field duplication in GraphQL is a type of attack where an attacker exploits the flexibility of GraphQL to overwhelm a server by requesting the same field multiple times in a single query. This can cause the server to perform redundant computations and consume excessive resources, leading to a denial of service for legitimate users. Request to the endpoint /graphql are sent when visualizing graphs generated at a dashboard. By modifying the data sent and duplicating many times the fields a DoS attack is possible. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.12.0.
- Last updated date:
- 01/03/2025
- Type:
- exploit
- Confidence:
- HIGH
- Date of publishing:
- 01/03/2025
- Reference url to background
https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-7hmh-pfrp-vcx4