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Prototype pollution in Parse Server causes denial of service

Priority LOW 27CWE-1321Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Parse Server before 8.6.108 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.5-alpha.9 is affected. User-controlled keys are expanded into objects without own-property checks, which enables prototype pollution (CWE-1321). A client with class write access can send dot notation field keys or ACL entry names that match built-in object members, corrupting built-in functions so that all requests fail until the server restarts.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Description from the CNA

Parse Server before 8.6.108 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.5-alpha.9 contains a prototype pollution vulnerability because user-controlled keys are expanded into objects without own-property checks. Clients with class write access can send dot notation field keys or ACL entry names matching built-in object members to corrupt built-in functions, causing all requests to fail until server restart.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00378 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed parse-server (parse-community): 9.10.5-alpha.9, 8.6.108

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.99.10.5-alpha.9Patch availableCNA
parse-communityparse-serverbefore 8.6.1088.6.108Patch availableCNA
  • parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.10.5-alpha.9 Fixed in 9.10.5-alpha.9 Patch available CNA
  • parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 8.6.108 Fixed in 8.6.108 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 9.10.5-alpha.9 on the 9.x line or to 8.6.108 on the 8.x line.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

  • Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 9.10.5-alpha.9
  • Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 8.6.108

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119569
  2. 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-5gp4-jgm9-v67j

References

  • 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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