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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-r2m8-pxm9-9c4g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438607

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.6 and 8.6.32, the protectedFields class-level permission (CLP) can be bypassed using
 dot-notation in query WHERE clauses and sort parameters. An attacker can use dot-notation to query or sort
 by sub-fields of a protected field, enabling a binary oracle attack to enumerate protected field values.
 This affects both MongoDB and PostgreSQL deployments. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.6 and
 8.6.32. (CVE-2026-31872)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.32 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2m8-pxm9-9c4g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438607

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31872

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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: 3/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31872

cwe: CWE-284