Incorrect Authorization Affecting parse-server package, versions <8.6.4>=9.0.0-alpha.1 <9.4.1-alpha.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-PARSESERVER-15426549
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed5 Mar 2026
  • creditAsuka Chloe ⚡,Devansh Batham

Introduced: 5 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-29182  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade parse-server to version 8.6.4, 9.4.1-alpha.3 or higher.

Overview

parse-server is a version of the Parse backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the handling of the readOnlyMasterKey option, which incorrectly permits mutating operations such as creating, modifying, and deleting Cloud Hooks, as well as starting Cloud Jobs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1