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GHSA-g65h-35f3-x2w3

Directus Lacks Session Tokens Invalidation

Quick fix

GHSA-g65h-35f3-x2w3 — directus: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install directus@10.11.0

Details

### Summary Currently session tokens function like the other JWT tokens where they are not actually invalidated when logging out. The `directus_session` gets destroyed and the cookie gets deleted but if you captured the cookie value it will still work for the entire expiry time which is set to 1 day by default. Making it effectively a long lived unrevokable stateless token instead of the stateful session token it was meant to be. When authenticating a session token JWT, Directus should also check whether the associated `directus_session` both still exists and has not expired (although the token should expire at the same time or before the session) to ensure leaked tokens are not valid indefinitely.

## Steps to reproduce - Copy the current session token from the cookie - Refresh and or log out - Use the saved session token to check if it is still valid

### Impact The lack of proper session expiration may improve the likely success of certain attacks. For example, a user might access a web site from a shared computer (such as at a library, Internet cafe, or open work environment). Incorrect token invalidation could allow an attacker to use the browser's history to access a Directus instance session previously accessed by the victim.

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Affected packages

npm/directus
Introduced in: 10.10.0Fixed in: 10.11.0
Fixnpm install directus@10.11.0

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