Administrator SQL injection via unvalidated geometry subtype
Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
SQL injection in Directus before 12.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute SQL during PostgreSQL/PostGIS collection creation. The fields service accepts any fields[].type value beginning with geometry, and the PostgreSQL helper embeds the derived subtype without neutralization in a raw geometry subtype used by CREATE TABLE. Collection-creation permission, normally administrator access, and a PostgreSQL backend with PostGIS are required; injected statements run as the configured database role and can read, alter, or delete database data.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Directus before 12.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute SQL during PostgreSQL/PostGIS collection creation. The fields service accepts any fields[].type value beginning with geometry, and the PostgreSQL helper embeds the derived subtype without neutralization in a raw geometry subtype used by CREATE TABLE. Collection-creation permission, normally administrator access, and a PostgreSQL backend with PostGIS are required; injected statements run as the configured database role and can read, alter, or delete database data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-10716
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Directus
- Product
- Directus
- Classifications
- CWE-20, CWE-89
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Aug 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <12.1.0
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