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CVE-2026-47138: Parse Server: Pre-authentication denial of service via client version header regex backtracking

May 23, 2026

An unauthenticated attacker who knows a publicly-known Parse Application ID can submit a single HTTP request whose client SDK version field contains adversarial input that triggers polynomial backtracking in a request-header parser. The parsing runs before session authentication and before rate limiting on every /parse/* request, so the request consumes seconds to minutes of synchronous CPU on a Node.js worker before any access control evaluates it. A small number of concurrent requests can saturate a worker; a single large request via the body-field variant can pin a worker for minutes. Production deployments running the default configuration are affected.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-38m6-82c8-4xfm
  • github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10463
  • github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10464
  • github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-38m6-82c8-4xfm
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47138

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 8.6.77, all versions starting from 9.0.0 before 9.9.1-alpha.1

Fixed versions

  • 8.6.77
  • 9.9.1-alpha.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 8.6.77, 9.9.1-alpha.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Source file

npm/parse-server/CVE-2026-47138.yml

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