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GHSA-r2m8-pxm9-9c4g

HighCVSS 8.7 / 10
Published Mar 11, 2026·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

The protectedFields class-level permission (CLP) can be bypassed using dot-notation in query WHERE clauses and sort parameters. An attacker can use dot-notation to query or sort by sub-fields of a protected field, enabling a binary oracle attack to enumerate protected field values.

This affects both MongoDB and PostgreSQL deployments.

Patches

The fix ensures that query WHERE clause keys and sort keys are checked against protected fields by extracting the root field from dot-notation paths. For example, a query on secretObj.apiKey is now correctly blocked when secretObj is a protected field.

Workarounds

None.

References

  • GitHub security advisory: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-r2m8-pxm9-9c4g
  • Fix Parse Server 9: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.6.0-alpha.6
  • Fix Parse Server 8: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.32
Risk Scores
Base Score
8.7

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
6.6

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.37%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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