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CVE-2022-26969

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-26969 is a critical vulnerability affecting Directus versions prior to 9.7.0, stemming from insecure default Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:monospace:directus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: directusFixed in: 9.7.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-g27j-74fp-xfprcritical

Insecure default value for CORS configuration

Apr 5, 2022

References

developer.mozilla.org / en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
github.com / directus/directus/blob/8daed9c41baeaf1d08c1e292bf9f0dcef65e48fb/docs/configuration/config-options.md
Third Party Advisory
github.com / directus/directus/pull/12022
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / directus/directus/releases/tag/v9.7.0
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-DIRECTUS-2441822
Third Party Advisory