Incorrect Authorization Affecting parse-server package, versions <8.6.32>=9.0.0-alpha.1 <9.6.0-alpha.6
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- published12 Mar 2026
- disclosed11 Mar 2026
- creditrestriction
Introduced: 11 Mar 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade parse-server to version 8.6.32, 9.6.0-alpha.6 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 protectedFields permissions when processing query WHERE clauses and sort parameters using dot-notation. An attacker can access or enumerate values of protected fields by crafting queries or sort operations that reference sub-fields via dot-notation.