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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438671

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.5 and 8.6.31, a SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PostgreSQL storage adapter
 when processing Increment operations on nested object fields using dot notation (e.g., stats.counter). The
 sub-key name is interpolated directly into SQL string literals without escaping. An attacker who can send
 write requests to the Parse Server REST API can inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted sub-key name containing
 single quotes, potentially executing commands or reading data from the database, bypassing CLPs and ACLs.
 Only Postgres deployments are affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.5 and 8.6.31.
 (CVE-2026-31871)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.31 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 438671

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/12/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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-2026-31871

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: 3/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31871

cwe: CWE-89