# CVE-2023-28443: directus vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

- Also known as: GHSA-8VG2-WF3Q-MWV7
- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.23.3
- Published: 2023-03-23 · Updated: 2025-02-21

## Affected

- directus: fixed in 9.23.3
- directus (npm): fixed in 9.23.3

## Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 9.23.3, the `directus_refresh_token` is not redacted properly from the log outputs and can be used to impersonate users without their permission. This issue is patched in version 9.23.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on directus, upgrade to a fixed version (9.23.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/349536303983ccba68ecb3e4fb35315424011afc
- https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/7c479c5161639aac466c763b6b958a9524201d74/api/src/logger.ts#L13

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