Field corruption in Parse Server via null dot notation keys
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Parse Server before 8.6.111 and from 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.3 on MongoDB skips field type validation for null-valued dot notation keys. This flaw, classified as CWE-20, lets sub-documents be written beneath Pointer, Number, String, Date, or Boolean fields. Any client with write access, including unauthenticated clients where public writes are permitted, can corrupt field values, make objects unreadable through internal date fields, or break atomic operations on number fields.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
Parse Server before 8.6.111 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.3 on MongoDB skips field type validation for null-valued dot notation keys, allowing sub-documents to be written beneath Pointer, Number, String, Date, or Boolean fields. Any client with write access, including unauthenticated clients where public writes are permitted, can corrupt field values, make objects unreadable via internal date fields, or break atomic operations on number fields.
Why it matters now
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 | 9.0.0 to before 9.10.6-alpha.3 | 9.10.6-alpha.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| parse-community | parse-server | before 8.6.111 | 8.6.111 | Patch available | CNA |
- parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.10.6-alpha.3 Fixed in 9.10.6-alpha.3 Patch available CNA
- parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 8.6.111 Fixed in 8.6.111 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 8.x to version 8.6.111 or later, and upgrade 9.x to version 9.10.6-alpha.3 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 9.10.6-alpha.3
- Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 8.6.111
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121415
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-gv55-crjh-3f3x
- 2026-11-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
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-2026-121415 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121415 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gv55-crjh-3f3x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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