# CVE-2026-61835: Directus: SSRF Protection Bypass via 0.0.0.0 in File Import

- Also known as: GHSA-J5H6-VQC3-PHQH
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.0.0
- Published: 2026-07-15 · Updated: 2026-07-21

## Affected

- directus: fixed in 12.0.0
- directus (npm): fixed in 12.0.0

## Description

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 12.0.0, the SSRF protection on Directus's file-import-from-URL feature can be bypassed using the address 0.0.0.0 because api/src/request/is-denied-ip.ts treats 0.0.0.0 as a keyword for local interfaces but never blocks the literal address itself. On Linux and macOS, connecting to 0.0.0.0 reaches localhost, so an authenticated user with file-upload rights can make the server fetch internal services through the /files/import endpoint and retrieve the response as a downloadable file. This issue is fixed in version 12.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on directus, upgrade to a fixed version (12.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-j5h6-vqc3-phqh
- https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/27606
- https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/f75b25fa44b05c6022b20f231c20bc6e50f021d7
- https://github.com/directus/directus/releases/tag/v12.0.0

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