CVE-2026-33538
HIGHParse Server: Denial of service via unindexed database query for unconfigured auth providers
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
32.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (4)
npm/parse-server
9.0.0 - 9.6.0-alpha.52npm
parse-community/parse-server
< 8.6.58
parse-community/parse-server
>= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.52
parseplatform/parse-server
9.6.0 alpha1 (47 CPE variants)
Published
Mar 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 25, 2026