Parse Server: LiveQuery protected field leak via shared mutable state across concurrent subscribers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.65 and 9.7.0-alpha.9, when multiple clients subscribe to the same class via LiveQuery, the event handlers process each subscriber concurrently using shared mutable objects. The sensitive data filter modifies these shared objects in-place, so when one subscriber's filter removes a protected field, subsequent subscribers may receive the already-filtered object. This can cause protected fields and authentication data to leak to clients that should not see them, or cause clients that should see the data to receive an incomplete object. Additionally, when an afterEvent Cloud Code trigger is registered, one subscriber's trigger modifications can leak to other subscribers through the same shared mutable state. Any Parse Server deployment using LiveQuery with protected fields or afterEvent triggers is affected when multiple clients subscribe to the same class. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.65 and 9.7.0-alpha.9.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| parse-community | parse-server | before 8.6.65; 9.0.0 to before 9.7.0-alpha.9 | 8.6.65, 9.7.0-alpha.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | parse-server (npm) | 9.0.0 to before 9.7.0-alpha.9 | 9.7.0-alpha.9 | Patch available | GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65 |
| — | parse-server (npm) | before 8.6.65 | 8.6.65 | Patch available | GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65 |
- parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 8.6.65; 9.0.0 to before 9.7.0-alpha.9 Fixed in 8.6.65, 9.7.0-alpha.9 Patch available CNA
- parse-server (npm) Vendor— Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.7.0-alpha.9 Fixed in 9.7.0-alpha.9 Patch available GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65
- parse-server (npm) Vendor— Affected before 8.6.65 Fixed in 8.6.65 Patch available GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65
CPE configurations NVD · 9
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 8.6.65; 9.0.0 to before 9.7.0 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha1 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha2 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha3 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha4 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha5 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha6 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha7:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha7 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
| cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha8:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 9.7.0 alpha8 | Vulnerable | parse-community |
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 8.6.65; 9.0.0 to before 9.7.0 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha1 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha2 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha3 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha4 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha5 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha6 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha7:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha7 Vulnerable ·parse-community
- cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.7.0:alpha8:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 9.7.0 alpha8 Vulnerable ·parse-community
Remediation
- Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 8.6.65, 9.7.0-alpha.9
- Fix · GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65 parse-server (npm) Fixed in 9.7.0-alpha.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65 parse-server (npm) Fixed in 8.6.65 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-34363
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65
References
Patch 5
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10330
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10331
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5834e29234593addaa0251a85f572ad4f376320b
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/776c71c3078e77d38c94937f463741793609d055
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Sources
- CVE-2026-34363 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-34363 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m983-v2ff-wq65 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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