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Medium · 6.9 CVE-2026-32594 BIT-parse-2026-32594EUVD-2026-12097GHSA-p2x3-8689-cwpg

Parse Server GraphQL WebSocket endpoint bypasses security middleware

Published Mar 13, 2026 · Updated Mar 16, 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 8.6.40 and 9.6.0-alpha.14, the GraphQL WebSocket endpoint for subscriptions does not pass requests through the Express middleware chain that enforces authentication, introspection control, and query complexity limits. An attacker can connect to the WebSocket endpoint and execute GraphQL operations without providing a valid application or API key, access the GraphQL schema via introspection even when public introspection is disabled, and send arbitrarily complex queries that bypass configured complexity limits. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.6.40 and 9.6.0-alpha.14.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server >= 9.0.0 < 9.6.0-alpha.14, < 8.6.40 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.14 9.6.0-alpha.14 GHSA-p2x3-8689-cwpg
npm parse-server < 8.6.40 8.6.40 GHSA-p2x3-8689-cwpg

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