Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.59 and 9.6.0-alpha.53, an attacker with master key access can execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL database by injecting SQL metacharacters into field name parameters of the aggregate $group pipeline stage or the distinct operation. This allows privilege escalation from Parse Server application-level administrator to PostgreSQL database-level access. Only Parse Server deployments using PostgreSQL are affected. MongoDB deployments are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.59 and 9.6.0-alpha.53.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| parse-community | parse-server | < 8.6.59, >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.53 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | parse-server | >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.53 | 9.6.0-alpha.53 | GHSA-p2w6-rmh7-w8q3 |
| npm | parse-server | < 8.6.59 | 8.6.59 | GHSA-p2w6-rmh7-w8q3 |
References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-p2w6-rmh7-w8q3
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10272
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10273
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/03249f9bf5b8783c8b848f84dab791ff0b761b8c
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/bdddab5f8b61a40cb8fc62dd895887bdd2f3838e