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CVE-2023-28443

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to version 9.23.3, the directus_refresh_token is not redacted properly from the log outputs and can be used to impersonate users without their permission. This issue is patched in version 9.23.3.

Published: Mar 24, 2023
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
CVE: CVE-2023-28443
GHSA: GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.2
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-284
CWE-532

OWASP TOP 10:

A5 - Broken Access Control

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
monospace / directus	-	9.23.3
directus	-	9.23.3

https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/7c479c5161639aac466c763b6b958a9524201d74/api/src/logger.ts#L13
https://github.com/directus/directus/commit/349536303983ccba68ecb3e4fb35315424011afc
https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-8vg2-wf3q-mwv7

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