What is CVE-2021-26594?

CVE-2021-26594 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rangerstudio Directus, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-26594?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-26594 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Rangerstudio Directus

CVE-2021-26594

In Directus 8.x through 8.8.1, an attacker can switch to the administrator role (via the PATCH method) without any control by the back end. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Rangerstudio Directus
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

sgranel/directusv8

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-26594?: CVE-2021-26594 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rangerstudio Directus, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-26594?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-26594 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.