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SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-c442-97qw-j6c6)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438690

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.10 and 8.6.36, an attacker with access to the master key can inject malicious SQL via
 crafted field names used in query constraints when Parse Server is configured with PostgreSQL as the
 database. The field name in a $regex query operator is passed to PostgreSQL using unparameterized string
 interpolation, allowing the attacker to manipulate the SQL query. While the master key controls what can
 be done through the Parse Server abstraction layer, this SQL injection bypasses Parse Server entirely and
 operates at the database level. This vulnerability only affects Parse Server deployments using PostgreSQL.
 This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.10 and 8.6.36. (CVE-2026-32234)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.36 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c442-97qw-j6c6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438690

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32234

cwe: CWE-89