Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.8 and 9.5.0-alpha.8, the PagesRouter static file serving route is vulnerable to a path traversal attack that allows unauthenticated reading of files outside the configured pagesPath directory. The boundary check uses a string prefix comparison without enforcing a directory separator boundary. An attacker can use path traversal sequences to access files in sibling directories whose names share the same prefix as the pages directory (e.g. pages-secret starts with pages). This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.8 and 9.5.0-alpha.8.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-hm3f-q6rw-m6wh
Scores
CVSS v3
3.7
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (3)
npm/parse-server
0 - 8.6.8npm
parseplatform/parse-server
9.5.0 alpha1 (7 CPE variants)
parseplatform/parse-server
< 8.6.8
Published
Mar 07, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 08, 2026