Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.2-alpha.9. and 8.6.22, the OAuth2 authentication adapter, when configured without the useridField option, only verifies that a token is active via the provider's token introspection endpoint, but does not verify that the token belongs to the user identified by authData.id. An attacker with any valid OAuth2 token from the same provider can authenticate as any other user. This affects any Parse Server deployment that uses the generic OAuth2 authentication adapter (configured with oauth2: true) without setting the useridField option. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.9. and 8.6.22.
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
28.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (3)
npm/parse-server
9.0.0-alpha.1 - 9.5.2-alpha.9npm
parseplatform/parse-server
9.5.2 alpha1 (8 CPE variants)
parseplatform/parse-server
< 8.6.22
Published
Mar 10, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 11, 2026