# CVE-2025-53885: Directus doesn't redact sensitive user data when logging via event hooks

- Also known as: GHSA-X3VM-88HF-GPXP
- 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=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.9.0
- Published: 2025-07-14 · Updated: 2025-07-15

## Affected

- directus: from 9.0.0, fixed in 11.9.0
- directus (npm): from 9.0.0, fixed in 11.9.0

## Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to version 11.9.0, when using Directus Flows to handle CRUD events for users it is possible to log the incoming data to console using the "Log to Console" operation and a template string. Malicious admins can log sensitive data from other users when they are created or updated. Version 11.9.0 contains a fix for the issue. As a workaround, avoid logging sensitive data to the console outside the context of development.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on directus, upgrade to a fixed version (11.9.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-x3vm-88hf-gpxp
- https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/25355
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/859f664f56fb50401c407b095889cea38ff580e5
- https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v11.9.0

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