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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-32742 BIT-parse-2026-32742EUVD-2026-12983GHSA-5v7g-9h8f-8pgg

Parse Server session creation endpoint allows overwriting server-generated session fields

Published Mar 18, 2026 · Updated Mar 20, 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.17 and 8.6.42, an authenticated user can overwrite server-generated session fields (`sessionToken`, `expiresAt`, `createdWith`) when creating a session object via `POST /classes/_Session`. This allows bypassing the server's session expiration policy by setting an arbitrary far-future expiration date. It also allows setting a predictable session token value. Starting in version 9.6.0-alpha.17 and 8.6.42, the session creation endpoint filters out server-generated fields from user-supplied data, preventing them from being overwritten. As a workaround, add a `beforeSave` trigger on the `_Session` class to validate and reject or strip any user-supplied values for `sessionToken`, `expiresAt`, and `createdWith`.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.17, < 8.6.42 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.17 9.6.0-alpha.17 GHSA-5v7g-9h8f-8pgg
npm parse-server < 8.6.42 8.6.42 GHSA-5v7g-9h8f-8pgg

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