SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-2cjm-2gwv-m892)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438688

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 9.6.0-alpha.11 and 8.6.37, Parse Server's built-in OAuth2 auth adapter exports a singleton
instance that is reused directly across all OAuth2 provider configurations. Under concurrent
authentication requests for different OAuth2 providers, one provider's token validation may execute using
another provider's configuration, potentially allowing a token that should be rejected by one provider to
be accepted because it is validated against a different provider's policy. Deployments that configure
multiple OAuth2 providers via the oauth2: true flag are affected. This vulnerability is fixed in
9.6.0-alpha.11 and 8.6.37. (CVE-2026-32242)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.37 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 438688

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/12/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32242

cwe: CWE-362

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