What is CVE-2022-36031?

CVE-2022-36031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directus, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-36031?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Directus

CVE-2022-36031

Directus is a free and open-source data platform for headless content management. The Directus process can be aborted by having an authorized user update the `filename_disk` value to a folder and accessing that file through the `/assets` endpoint. This vulnerability has been patched and release v9.15.0 contains the fix. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may prevent this problem by making sure no (untrusted) non-admin users have permissions to update the `filename_disk` field on `directus_files`.

Published 2022-08-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Directus — versions < 9.15.0
Monospace Directus

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-77qm-wvqq-fg79 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36031?: CVE-2022-36031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directus, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-36031?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.