Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium · 6.9 CVE-2026-33042 BIT-parse-2026-33042EUVD-2026-12993GHSA-wjqw-r9x4-j59v

Parse Server affected by empty authData bypassing credential requirement on signup

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.29 and 8.6.49, a user can sign up without providing credentials by sending an empty `authData` object, bypassing the username and password requirement. This allows the creation of authenticated sessions without proper credentials, even when anonymous users are disabled. The fix in 9.6.0-alpha.29 and 8.6.49 ensures that empty or non-actionable `authData` is treated the same as absent `authData` for the purpose of credential validation on new user creation. Username and password are now required when no valid auth provider data is present. As a workaround, use a Cloud Code `beforeSave` trigger on the `_User` class to reject signups where `authData` is empty and no username/password is provided.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
parse-community parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.29, < 8.6.49 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm parse-server >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.29 9.6.0-alpha.29 GHSA-wjqw-r9x4-j59v
npm parse-server < 8.6.49 8.6.49 GHSA-wjqw-r9x4-j59v

References