FKIE_CVE-2023-36475

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-06-28 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:06
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 5.5.2 and 6.2.1, an attacker can use a prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser. A patch is available in versions 5.5.2 and 6.2.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/3dd99dd80e27e5e1d99b42844180546d90c7aa90Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5fad2928fb8ee17304abcdcf259932f827d8c81fPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8674Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8675Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/5.5.2Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.2.1Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/3dd99dd80e27e5e1d99b42844180546d90c7aa90Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5fad2928fb8ee17304abcdcf259932f827d8c81fPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8674Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8675Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/5.5.2Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.2.1Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
parseplatform parse-server *
parseplatform parse-server *
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