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CVE-2024-36128

Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util

7.5 HighFix available

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 10.11.2, providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.2.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.62%Up 0.6 points since Jun 4, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 10.11.2, providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.2.

Record
CVE-2024-36128
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-754
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-1938 7.5

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 10.11.2, providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.2.

Record
EUVD-2024-1938
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-632p-p495-25m5 7.5

Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util

Describe the Bug

Providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID.

To Reproduce

  1. Test if the endpoint is working and accessible, GET http://localhost:8055/utils/random/string
  2. Do a bad request GET http://localhost:8055/utils/random/string?length=foo
  3. After this all calls to GET http://localhost:8055/utils/random/string will return an empty string instead of a random string
  4. In this error situation you'll see authentication refreshes fail for the app and api.

Impact

This counts as an unauthenticated denial of service attack vector so this impacts all unpatched instances reachable over the internet.

Record
GHSA-632p-p495-25m5
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-754
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.5

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 10.11.2, providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.2.

Record
CVE-2024-36128
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-754
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 10.11.2, providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.11.2.

Record
CVE-2024-36128
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-754
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-632p-p495-25m5 7.5

Directus is soft-locked by providing a string value to random string util

Describe the Bug

Providing a non-numeric length value to the random string generation utility will create a memory issue breaking the capability to generate random strings platform wide. This creates a denial of service situation where logged in sessions can no longer be refreshed as sessions depend on the capability to generate a random session ID.

To Reproduce

  1. Test if the endpoint is working and accessible, GET http://localhost:8055/utils/random/string
  2. Do a bad request GET http://localhost:8055/utils/random/string?length=foo
  3. After this all calls to GET http://localhost:8055/utils/random/string will return an empty string instead of a random string
  4. In this error situation you'll see authentication refreshes fail for the app and api.

Impact

This counts as an unauthenticated denial of service attack vector so this impacts all unpatched instances reachable over the internet.

Record
GHSA-632p-p495-25m5
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-754
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
directus
npm
 through 10.11.1
10.11.2
directus
npm
 before 10.11.2
10.11.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-36128 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Directus, published June 3, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 49th percentile. Fixed in directus 10.11.2.

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