SQL Injection Affecting parse-server package, versions <8.6.29>=9.0.0-alpha.1 <9.6.0-alpha.3
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- published12 Mar 2026
- disclosed11 Mar 2026
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Introduced: 11 Mar 2026
NewCVE-2026-31856 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade parse-server to version 8.6.29, 9.6.0-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 SQL Injection in the PostgreSQL storage adapter when processing Increment operations on nested object fields using dot notation. An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL queries and read sensitive data from the database by injecting malicious input into the amount parameter of a write request to the REST API.