Improper Authentication Affecting parse-server package, versions <8.6.88>=9.0.0 <9.10.1-alpha.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-PARSESERVER-20186826
  • published28 Sept 2026
  • disclosed9 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-87806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade parse-server to version 8.6.88, 9.10.1-alpha.7 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 Improper Authentication in the LDAP authentication process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to user accounts by supplying a known directory username with an empty password, which may result in account takeover. This is only exploitable if the LDAP authentication adapter is enabled and the directory allows unauthenticated simple bind (such as Active Directory in its default configuration).

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1