CVE-2026-35412 Directus has a TUS Upload Authorization Bypass Allows Arbitrary File Overwrite

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Prior to 11.16.1, Directus' TUS resumable upload endpoint /files/tus allows any authenticated user with basic file upload permissions to overwrite arbitrary existing files by UUID. The TUS controller performs only...

CVE-2026-35412

Directus prior to 11.16.1 is vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the TUS resumable upload endpoint (/files/tus). The TUS controller only performs collection-level authorization on directus_files and does not validate item-level access for the target file, allowing any authenticated user with...