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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-03-13 12:28

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Parse Server has a SQL injection via `Increment` operation on nested object field in PostgreSQL

Details

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PostgreSQL storage adapter when processing Increment operations on nested object fields using dot notation (e.g., stats.counter). The amount value is interpolated directly into the SQL query without parameterization or type validation. An attacker who can send write requests to the Parse Server REST API can inject arbitrary SQL subqueries to read any data from the database, bypassing CLPs and ACLs. MongoDB deployments are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0 and 8.6.29.

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  ],
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  },
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  "id": "BIT-parse-2026-31856",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2026-03-13T12:28:38.912Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.29"
    },
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      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.6.0-alpha.3"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-q3vj-96h2-gwvg"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Parse Server has a SQL injection via `Increment` operation on nested object field in PostgreSQL"
}

CVE-2026-31856 (GCVE-0-2026-31856)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 17:14 – Updated: 2026-03-12 20:11

Title

Parse Server has a SQL injection via `Increment` operation on nested object field in PostgreSQL

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-12 20:11 UTC

CWE

CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/s…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/r…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/r…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
parse-community	parse-server	Affected: >= 9.0.0 < 9.6.0-alpha.3 Affected: < 8.6.29

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