Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely, or is local access required?

It is remotely exploitable as long as the attacker can reach the Directus API over the network and authenticate. No local filesystem or database access is required.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

An attacker needs an authenticated Directus account with read permissions on a collection that contains concealed fields. They do not need administrative or direct database access; basic user-level read access is sufficient if it includes the affected collection.

What is the safest general fix pattern for developers and maintainers?

The safest pattern is to centralize data masking and authorization checks so they are applied after all query transformations, including aggregates, and to disallow or tightly control aggregation on fields designated as concealed or secret. The data-access layer should never return raw values for such fields unless a stricter authorization check is passed.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

Information Exposure via Concealed Field Aggregation (CWE-200) in Directus API

CVE-2026-35442

Published:

Apr 6, 2026

Status:

Received

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Information Disclosure

CWE:

CWE-200;CWE-863

Impact:

Exposure of Sensitive Information (API tokens, 2FA secrets, and other concealed values)

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Information Disclosure

CWE:

CWE-200;CWE-863

Impact:

Exposure of Sensitive Information (API tokens, 2FA secrets, and other concealed values)

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Information Exposure via Concealed Field Aggregation (CWE-200) in Directus API

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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