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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2026-31871 BIT-parse-2026-31871EUVD-2026-11277GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h

Parse Server has a SQL Injection via dot-notation sub-key name in `Increment` operation on PostgreSQL

Published Mar 11, 2026 · Updated Mar 12, 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 9.6.0-alpha.5 and 8.6.31, a SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PostgreSQL storage adapter when processing Increment operations on nested object fields using dot notation (e.g., stats.counter). The sub-key name is interpolated directly into SQL string literals without escaping. An attacker who can send write requests to the Parse Server REST API can inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted sub-key name containing single quotes, potentially executing commands or reading data from the database, bypassing CLPs and ACLs. Only Postgres deployments are affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.5 and 8.6.31.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server >= 9.0.0 < 9.6.0-alpha.5, < 8.6.31 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0-alpha.1, < 9.6.0-alpha.5 9.6.0-alpha.5 GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h
npm parse-server < 8.6.31 8.6.31 GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h

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