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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-72hp-qff8-4pvv)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438601

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 9.5.2-alpha.6 and 8.6.19, the validation for protected fields only checks top-level query keys.
 By wrapping a query constraint on a protected field inside a logical operator, the check is bypassed
 entirely. This allows any authenticated user to query on protected fields to extract field values. All
 Parse Server deployments have default protected fields and are vulnerable. This vulnerability is fixed in
 9.5.2-alpha.6 and 8.6.19. (CVE-2026-30962)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.19 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-72hp-qff8-4pvv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438601

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/11/2026

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-30962

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-30962

cwe: CWE-284