Resource exhaustion in Directus
CVE-2025-30225
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. The `@directus/storage-driver-s3` package starting in version 9.22.0 and prior to version 12.0.1, corresponding to Directus starting in version 9.22.0 and prior to 11.5.0, is vulnerable to asset unavailability after a burst of malformed transformations. When making many malformed transformation requests at once, at some point, all assets are served as 403. This causes denial of assets for all policies of Directus, including Admin and Public. Version 12.0.1 of the `@directus/storage-driver-s3` package, corresponding to version 11.5.0 of Directus, fixes the issue.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Directus — versions >= 9.22.0, < 11.5.0
- Monospace Directus
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-j8xj-7jff-46mx (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-30225?
- CVE-2025-30225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directus, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-26.
- How severe is CVE-2025-30225?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.