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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-7m6r-fhh7-r47c)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438611

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js.
 Prior to 9.5.2-alpha.13 and 8.6.26, the LDAP authentication adapter is vulnerable to LDAP injection. User-
 supplied input (authData.id) is interpolated directly into LDAP Distinguished Names (DN) and group search
 filters without escaping special characters. This allows an attacker with valid LDAP credentials to
 manipulate the bind DN structure and to bypass group membership checks. This enables privilege escalation
 from any authenticated LDAP user to a member of any restricted group. The vulnerability affects Parse
 Server deployments that use the LDAP authentication adapter with group-based access control. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.13 and 8.6.26. (CVE-2026-31828)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.26 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7m6r-fhh7-r47c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438611

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/11/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31828

cwe: CWE-90