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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-7wqv-xjf3-x35v)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443646

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 versions 8.6.79 and 9.9.1-alpha.4, the default file upload extension blocklist can be bypassed by
 appending a trailing dot to a filename whose extension would otherwise be blocked (e.g. poc.svg.). The
 trailing dot causes the extension parser to extract an empty string, which short-circuits the blocklist
 check, and the attacker-controlled Content-Type is forwarded to the storage adapter unchanged. Storage
 adapters that persist and serve the provided Content-Type (such as S3 or GCS) then serve the file with an
 active type such as image/svg+xml, enabling stored XSS when a victim opens the file URL. The default
 GridFS adapter is not affected because it sets X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff on responses. This issue
 has been patched in versions 8.6.79 and 9.9.1-alpha.4. (CVE-2026-53724)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.79 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wqv-xjf3-x35v

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 443646

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/20/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.47

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53724

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Threat Score: 0.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53724