Parse Server stores password in plain text
Priority LOW 35CWE-312Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. It is an npm package "parse-server". In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00806 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed parse-server (parse-community): 4.5.0parse-server (npm): 4.5.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| parse-community | parse-server | before 4.5.0 | 4.5.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | parse-server (npm) | before 4.5.0 | 4.5.0 | Patch available | GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3 |
- parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 4.5.0 Fixed in 4.5.0 Patch available CNA
- parse-server (npm) Vendor— Affected before 4.5.0 Fixed in 4.5.0 Patch available GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 4.5.0 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 4.5.0 Vulnerable ·parse-community
Remediation
- Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 4.5.0
- Fix · GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3 parse-server (npm) Fixed in 4.5.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-26288
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
References
Patch 1
Advisory 4
More parse-community Parse-server vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-08574 Command Injection in Parse server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-18136 Parse Server literalizeRegexPart SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2022-18768 Parse Server vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via prototype pollution in MongoDB BSON parser CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-31550 Parse Server's custom object ID allows to acquire role privileges CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2023-18316 Parse Server vulnerable to remote code execution via MongoDB BSON parser through prototype pollution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-23790 Parse Server session token exfiltration via `redirectClassNameForKey` query parameter CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
Sources
- CVE-2020-26288 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-26288 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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