Prototype pollution in Parse Server via dot notation keys
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 8.6.113 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.5 has a prototype pollution flaw (CWE-1321) when building objects for Cloud Code triggers and LiveQuery. A dot notation key whose intermediate segment resolves through an inherited member writes onto a process-wide built-in. A client with write access to an object in a class with a trigger or LiveQuery can corrupt a built-in function, making unrelated requests fail until restart, denying service to all clients and hosted applications.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
Parse Server before 8.6.113 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.5 contains a prototype pollution vulnerability when building objects for Cloud Code triggers and LiveQuery, where a dot notation key whose intermediate segment resolves through an inherited member writes onto a process-wide built-in. Clients with write access to an object in a class with a trigger or LiveQuery can corrupt a built-in function, making unrelated requests fail until restart and denying service to all clients and hosted applications.
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 9.10.6-alpha.5 | 9.10.6-alpha.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| parse-community | parse-server | before 8.6.113 | 8.6.113 | Patch available | CNA |
- parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.10.6-alpha.5 Fixed in 9.10.6-alpha.5 Patch available CNA
- parse-server Vendorparse-community Affected before 8.6.113 Fixed in 8.6.113 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 8.6.113 on the 8.x line or to 9.10.6-alpha.5 on the 9.x line.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 9.10.6-alpha.5
- Fix · CNA parse-server (parse-community) Fixed in 8.6.113
Timeline
- 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121965
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-04 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-vx56-7cxr-7m5w
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-2026-121965 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121965 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vx56-7cxr-7m5w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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