Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-121415

Parse Server before 8.6.111 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.3 Field Corruption via Null Dot Notation Key

publishedCWE-20

Parse Server before 8.6.111 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.6-alpha.3 on MongoDB skips field type validation for null-valued dot notation keys, allowing sub-documents to be written beneath Pointer, Number, String, Date, or Boolean fields. Any client with write access, including unauthenticated clients where public writes are permitted, can corrupt field values, make objects unreadable via internal date fields, or break atomic operations on number fields.

Technical severity6.3 mediumCVSS 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.3 (affected, semver)
9.10.6-alpha.3 (unaffected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: VulnCheck
parse-server
parse-community
parse-server
npm
≥ 0; < 8.6.111 (affected, semver)
8.6.111 (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 / 6.3
medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCNA: VulnCheck
3.1 / 3.7
low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LCNA: VulnCheck

Exploit evidence

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

References

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