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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-32878 BIT-parse-2026-32878EUVD-2026-12987GHSA-9ccr-fpp6-78qf

Parse Server vulnerable to schema poisoning via prototype pollution in deep copy

Published Mar 18, 2026 · Updated Mar 19, 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.20 and 8.6.44, an attacker can bypass the default request keyword denylist protection and the class-level permission for adding fields by sending a crafted request that exploits prototype pollution in the deep copy mechanism. This allows injecting fields into class schemas that have field addition locked down, and can cause permanent schema type conflicts that cannot be resolved even with the master key. In 9.6.0-alpha.20 and 8.6.44, the vulnerable third-party deep copy library has been replaced with a built-in deep clone mechanism that handles prototype properties safely, allowing the existing denylist check to correctly detect and reject the prohibited keyword. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.20, < 8.6.44 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.20 9.6.0-alpha.20 GHSA-9ccr-fpp6-78qf
npm parse-server < 8.6.44 8.6.44 GHSA-9ccr-fpp6-78qf

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