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High · 8.6 CVE-2022-36079 BIT-parse-2022-36079EUVD-2022-6666GHSA-2m6g-crv8-p3c6

Parse Server vulnerable to brute force guessing of user sensitive data via search patterns

Published Sep 7, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Internal fields (keys used internally by Parse Server, prefixed by `_`) and protected fields (user defined) can be used as query constraints. Internal and protected fields are removed by Parse Server and are only returned to the client using a valid master key. However, using query constraints, these fields can be guessed by enumerating until Parse Server, prior to versions 4.10.14 or 5.2.5, returns a response object. The patch available in versions 4.10.14 and 5.2.5 requires the maser key to use internal and protected fields as query constraints. As a workaround, implement a Parse Cloud Trigger `beforeFind` and manually remove the query constraints.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server < 4.10.14, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.5 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server < 4.10.14 4.10.14 GHSA-2m6g-crv8-p3c6
npm parse-server >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.5 5.2.5 GHSA-2m6g-crv8-p3c6

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