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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2026-30863 BIT-parse-2026-30863EUVD-2026-10172GHSA-x6fw-778m-wr9v

Parse Server: JWT audience validation bypass in Google, Apple, and Facebook authentication adapters

Published Mar 7, 2026 · Updated Mar 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.10 and 9.5.0-alpha.11, the Google, Apple, and Facebook authentication adapters use JWT verification to validate identity tokens. When the adapter's audience configuration option is not set (clientId for Google/Apple, appIds for Facebook), JWT verification silently skips audience claim validation. This allows an attacker to use a validly signed JWT issued for a different application to authenticate as any user on the target Parse Server. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.10 and 9.5.0-alpha.11.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server < 8.6.10, < 9.5.0-alpha.11 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0-alpha.1, < 9.5.0-alpha.11 9.5.0-alpha.11 GHSA-x6fw-778m-wr9v
npm parse-server < 8.6.10 8.6.10 GHSA-x6fw-778m-wr9v

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