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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-qpr4-jrj4-6f27)
critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438564
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.2 and 8.6.28, an attacker can use a dot-notation field name in combination with the
sort query parameter to inject SQL into the PostgreSQL database through an improper escaping of sub-field
values in dot-notation queries. The vulnerability may also affect queries that use dot-notation field
names with the distinct and where query parameters. This vulnerability only affects deployments using a
PostgreSQL database. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.2 and 8.6.28. (CVE-2026-31840)
Solution
Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.28 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 438564
Version: Revision 1.6
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 3/10/2026
Updated: 6/1/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.88
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31840
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.3
Threat Score: 8.1
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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: 3/10/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-31840
cwe: CWE-89