CVE-2026-47138
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Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.77 and 9.9.1-alpha.1, 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. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.77 and 9.9.1-alpha.1.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-47138",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-06-12T19:16:28.257",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T11:10:00.157",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.77 and 9.9.1-alpha.1, 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. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.77 and 9.9.1-alpha.1."
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"value": "Parse Server es un backend de código abierto que puede ser desplegado en cualquier infraestructura que pueda ejecutar Node.js. Antes de las versiones 8.6.77 y 9.9.1-alpha.1, un atacante no autenticado que conoce un ID de aplicación de Parse conocido públicamente puede enviar una única solicitud HTTP cuyo campo de versión del SDK del cliente contiene una entrada adversaria que desencadena un retroceso polinómico en un analizador de encabezados de solicitud. El análisis se ejecuta antes de la autenticación de sesión y antes de la limitación de velocidad en cada solicitud /parse/*, por lo que la solicitud consume de segundos a minutos de CPU síncrona en un trabajador de Node.js antes de que cualquier control de acceso lo evalúe. Un pequeño número de solicitudes concurrentes puede saturar un trabajador; una única solicitud grande a través de la variante del campo de cuerpo puede mantener ocupado a un trabajador durante minutos. Las implementaciones en producción que ejecutan la configuración predeterminada se ven afectadas. Este problema ha sido parcheado en las versiones 8.6.77 y 9.9.1-alpha.1."
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10463",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10464",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-38m6-82c8-4xfm",
"source": "[email protected]"
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