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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-v8x7-r927-cc93)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443664

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 9.9.1-alpha.11 and 8.6.81, the default fileUpload.fileExtensions blocklist could be bypassed by
 uploading a file with a non-standard or compound extension and dangerous content type, allowing storage
 adapters such as S3 and GCS to serve attacker-supplied active content and enable stored cross-site
 scripting. This issue is fixed in versions 9.9.1-alpha.11 and 8.6.81. (CVE-2026-55778)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.81 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v8x7-r927-cc93

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 443664

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/20/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.48

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-2026-55778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 6/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55778

cwe: CWE-434