What is CVE-2025-53889?

CVE-2025-53889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directus, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2025-53889?

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

Auth bypass in Directus

CVE-2025-53889

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Starting in version 9.12.0 and prior to version 11.9.0, Directus Flows with a manual trigger are not validating whether the user triggering the Flow has permi…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Directus — versions >= 9.12.0, < 11.9.0
Monospace Directus

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53889?: CVE-2025-53889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Directus, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-53889?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.