SCA: security update for parse-server (GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439083

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 versions 8.6.55 and 9.6.0-alpha.44, an attacker can send an unauthenticated HTTP request with a
deeply nested query containing logical operators to permanently hang the Parse Server process. The server
becomes completely unresponsive and must be manually restarted. This is a bypass of the fix for
CVE-2026-32944. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.55 and 9.6.0-alpha.44. (CVE-2026-33498)

Solution

Update the parse-server library and its related packages to version 8.6.55 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439083

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/21/2026

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:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33498

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:N/I:N/A:H

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:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33498

cwe: CWE-674