Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-121414

Parse Server before 8.6.110 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.2 Denial of Service via afterSave Pointer Update

publishedCWE-248

Parse Server before 8.6.110 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.2 fails to contain a serialization error when an object update uses a dot notation key targeting a pointer field's object identifier on a class with an afterSave trigger. Attackers, including unauthenticated clients when objects are writable without a session, can send such an update to crash the Node process.

Technical severity8.2 highCVSS 4.0 · CNA: VulnCheck
Published2026-11-03Source updated 2026-11-03
Collected2026-11-031 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

Fix

The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches.

Source: CNA: VulnCheck

Fix

The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches.

Source: CNA: VulnCheck

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
parse-server
parse-community
parse-server
npm
≥ 9.0.0; < 9.10.6-alpha.2 (affected, semver)
9.10.6-alpha.2 (unaffected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: VulnCheck
parse-server
parse-community
parse-server
npm
≥ 0; < 8.6.110 (affected, semver)
8.6.110 (unaffected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: VulnCheck

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
4.0 / 8.2
high
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCNA: VulnCheck
3.1 / 5.9
medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCNA: VulnCheck

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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