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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-mf3j-86qx-cq5j)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438553

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 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11, a malicious client can subscribe to a LiveQuery with a crafted $regex
 pattern that causes catastrophic backtracking, blocking the Node.js event loop. This makes the entire
 Parse Server unresponsive, affecting all clients. Any Parse Server deployment with LiveQuery enabled is
 affected. The attacker only needs the application ID and JavaScript key, both of which are public in
 client-side apps. This only affects LiveQuery subscription matching, which evaluates regex in JavaScript
 on the Node.js event loop. Normal REST and GraphQL queries are not affected because their regex is
 evaluated by the database engine. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11.
 (CVE-2026-30925)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.11 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mf3j-86qx-cq5j

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438553

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/10/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-30925

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-30925