SQL Injection Affecting parse-server package, versions <8.6.31>=9.0.0-alpha.1 <9.6.0-alpha.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-PARSESERVER-15469164
  • published12 Mar 2026
  • disclosed11 Mar 2026
  • creditrestriction

Introduced: 11 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-31871  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-89  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade parse-server to version 8.6.31, 9.6.0-alpha.5 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 Increment operation on PostgreSQL when handling nested object fields using dot notation. An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL commands or access sensitive database information by crafting a malicious sub-key name containing single quotes in write requests to the REST API.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1