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high 8.8

CVE-2026-31828 json

Parse Server has an LDAP injection via unsanitized user input in DN and group filter construction

published 7mo ago modified last mo. also BIT-parse-2026-31828 , EUVD-2026-10928 , GHSA-7m6r-fhh7-r47c

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
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. Prior to 9.5.2-alpha.13 and 8.6.26, the LDAP authentication adapter is vulnerable to LDAP injection. User-supplied input (authData.id) is interpolated directly into LDAP Distinguished Names (DN) and group search filters without escaping special characters. This allows an attacker with valid LDAP credentials to manipulate the bind DN structure and to bypass group membership checks. This enables privilege escalation from any authenticated LDAP user to a member of any restricted group. The vulnerability affects Parse Server deployments that use the LDAP authentication adapter with group-based access control. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.13 and 8.6.26.

Patch / fix

  • npm parse-server 8.6.26, 9.5.2-alpha.13
  • bitnami parse 8.6.26, 9.5.2
  • parseplatform parse-server 8.6.26, 9.5.2-alpha.13
  • parseplatform parse_server 8.6.26, 9.5.2-alpha.13

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm parse-server
>=9.0.0-alpha.1, <9.5.2-alpha.13
<8.6.26
9.5.2-alpha.13
8.6.26
bitnami parse
<8.6.26
>=9.0.0, <9.5.2
8.6.26
9.5.2

Affected products

  • parse-community parse-server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-90 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query

References

Sources

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