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high 7.7

CVE-2020-26288 json

Parse Server stores password in plain text

published 5y ago modified last mo. also BIT-parse-2020-26288 , EUVD-2020-1482 , GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. It is an npm package "parse-server". In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.

Patch / fix

  • npm parse-server 4.5.0
  • bitnami parse 4.5.0
  • parseplatform parse-server 4.5.0

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Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm parse-server
<4.5.0
4.5.0
bitnami parse
<4.5.0
4.5.0

Affected products

  • parse-community parse-server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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