CVE-2023-45820: Monospace Directus

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. In affected versions any Directus installation that has websockets enabled can be crashed if the websocket server receives an invalid frame. A malicious user could leverage this bug to crash Directus. This issue has been addressed in version 10.6.2. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using websockets.

Affected products

• Monospace Directus: from 10.4.0, before 10.6.2 (fixed in 10.6.2)

Published 2023-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.