Improper Privilege Management Affecting parse-server package, versions >=9.0.0 <9.10.5-alpha.5<8.6.104
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- published25 Oct 2026
- disclosed25 Oct 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 25 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-116162 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade parse-server to version 9.10.5-alpha.5, 8.6.104 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 Privilege Management via the SMS MFA login code request handler in mfa.js, where req.object.save(null, { useMasterKey: true }) is called instead of saving only the authData field through the original object. Because the full login-request object is saved with master key privileges, an authenticated attacker with administrator access can cause arbitrary login-body fields to be persisted to the user record with elevated privileges, resulting in unauthorized data modification.