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Medium · 6.9 CVE-2026-30938 BIT-parse-2026-30938EUVD-2026-10547GHSA-q342-9w2p-57fp

Parse Server has denylist `requestKeywordDenylist` keyword scan bypass through nested object placement

Published Mar 10, 2026 · Updated Mar 10, 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 8.6.12 and 9.5.1-alpha.1, the requestKeywordDenylist security control can be bypassed by placing any nested object or array before a prohibited keyword in the request payload. This is caused by a logic bug that stops scanning sibling keys after encountering the first nested value. Any custom requestKeywordDenylist entries configured by the developer are equally by-passable using the same technique. All Parse Server deployments are affected. The requestKeywordDenylist is enabled by default. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.6.12 and 9.5.1-alpha.1. Use a Cloud Code beforeSave trigger to validate incoming data for prohibited keywords across all classes.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server < 8.6.12, >= 9.0.0 < 9.5.1-alpha.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server < 8.6.12 8.6.12 GHSA-q342-9w2p-57fp
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0-alpha.1, < 9.5.1-alpha.1 9.5.1-alpha.1 GHSA-q342-9w2p-57fp

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