diff --git a/.changeset/thick-flowers-burn.md b/.changeset/thick-flowers-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e39396a609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-flowers-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'directus': patch
+---
+
+Fix an issue where the validation system could short-circuit when using \_or statements.
diff --git a/api/src/services/authorization.ts b/api/src/services/authorization.ts
index 8d9c92a69a..e1fb861d08 100644
--- a/api/src/services/authorization.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/authorization.ts
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ export class AuthorizationService {
 			const nestedErrors = flatten<FailedValidationException>(
 				subValidation.map((subObj: Record<string, any>) => this.validateJoi(subObj, payload))
 			);
-			const allErrored = nestedErrors.every((err?: FailedValidationException) => err);
+
+			const allErrored = subValidation.length === nestedErrors.length;
 
 			if (allErrored) {
 				errors.push(...nestedErrors);