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HIGHCVE-2026-33538Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-33538: Parse Server: Denial of service via unindexed database query for unconfigured auth providers

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52, an unauthenticated attacker can cause denial of service by sending authentication requests with arbitrary, unconfigured provider names. The server executes a database query for each unconfigured provider before rejecting the request, and since no database index exists for unconfigured providers, each request triggers a full collection scan on the user database. This can be parallelized to saturate database resources. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52.

Metrics

CVSS v4.0
8.7
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • parse-community / parse-server
    < 8.6.58 · >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.52
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N