Prototype pollution in Parse Server causes denial of service
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
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 | 9.0.0 to before 9.10.5-alpha.9 | 9.10.5-alpha.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| parse-community | parse-server | before 8.6.108 | 8.6.108 | Patch available | CNA |
- 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.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119569
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-5gp4-jgm9-v67j
References
More parse-community 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-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
Sources
- CVE-2026-119569 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119569 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5gp4-jgm9-v67j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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