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TI-2026-80180 Aliases CVE-2026-116162GHSA-x857-q7x6-j662

Privilege escalation in Parse Server via SMS MFA login

Priority LOW 11CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Parse Server before 8.6.104 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.5-alpha.5 saves the entire login request with master privileges when issuing an SMS multi-factor authentication verification code. An SMS MFA-enrolled user can add extra fields to that request to change master-key-restricted fields on their own account, such as the email-verification flag or beforeSave-protected values. This is classified as CWE-269, Improper Privilege Management.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

Parse Server before 8.6.104 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.5-alpha.5 saves the entire login request with master privileges when issuing an SMS multi-factor authentication verification code. An SMS MFA-enrolled user can include extra fields in that request to modify master-key-restricted fields on their own account, such as the email-verification flag or beforeSave-protected values.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00382 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed parse-server (parse-community): 9.10.5-alpha.5, 8.6.104

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
parse-communityparse-server9.0.0 to before 9.10.5-alpha.59.10.5-alpha.5Patch availableCNA
parse-communityparse-serverbefore 8.6.1048.6.104Patch availableCNA
  • parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.10.5-alpha.5 Fixed in 9.10.5-alpha.5 Patch available CNA
  • parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 8.6.104 Fixed in 8.6.104 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——parse-community
  • cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·parse-community

Remediation

Upgrade parse-server to 8.6.104 for the 8.x line and to 9.10.5-alpha.5 for the 9.x line.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 9.10.5-alpha.5
  • Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 8.6.104

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-25 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-116162
  2. 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-x857-q7x6-j662
  3. 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Advisory 1

  • 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-2025-35510 parse is a package designed to parse JavaScript SDK. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-26265 ZDI-CAN-23894: Parse Server literalizeRegexPart SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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