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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-v5hf-f4c3-m5rv)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438672

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.4 and 8.6.30, an attacker can upload a file with a file extension or content type
 that is not blocked by the default configuration of the Parse Server fileUpload.fileExtensions option. The
 file can contain malicious code, for example JavaScript in an SVG or XHTML file. When the file is accessed
 via its URL, the browser renders the file and executes the malicious code in the context of the Parse
 Server domain. This is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that can be exploited to steal
 session tokens, redirect users, or perform actions on behalf of other users. Affected file extensions and
 content types include .svgz, .xht, .xml, .xsl, .xslt, and content types application/xhtml+xml and
 application/xslt+xml for extensionless uploads. Uploading of .html, .htm, .shtml, .xhtml, and .svg files
 was already blocked. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.4 and 8.6.30. (CVE-2026-31868)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.30 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v5hf-f4c3-m5rv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438672

Version: Revision 1.7

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: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31868

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/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-2026-31868

cwe: CWE-79