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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-q342-9w2p-57fp)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438554

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 8.6.12 and 9.5.1-alpha.1, the requestKeywordDenylist security control can be bypassed by placing
 any nested object or array before a prohibited keyword in the request payload. This is caused by a logic
 bug that stops scanning sibling keys after encountering the first nested value. Any custom
 requestKeywordDenylist entries configured by the developer are equally by-passable using the same
 technique. All Parse Server deployments are affected. The requestKeywordDenylist is enabled by default.
 This vulnerability is fixed in 8.6.12 and 9.5.1-alpha.1. Use a Cloud Code beforeSave trigger to validate
 incoming data for prohibited keywords across all classes. (CVE-2026-30938)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.12 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q342-9w2p-57fp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438554

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-30938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-30938

cwe: CWE-693