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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-03-27 07:14

Modified

2026-03-27 07:40

Summary

Parse Server: SQL injection via aggregate and distinct field names in PostgreSQL adapter

Details

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.59 and 9.6.0, an attacker with master key access can execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL database by injecting SQL metacharacters into field name parameters of the aggregate $group pipeline stage or the distinct operation. This allows privilege escalation from Parse Server application-level administrator to PostgreSQL database-level access. Only Parse Server deployments using PostgreSQL are affected. MongoDB deployments are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.59 and 9.6.0

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        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "parse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/parse"
      },
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              "fixed": "8.6.59"
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              "fixed": "9.6.0"
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          "type": "CVSS_V4"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-33539"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-parse-2026-33539",
  "modified": "2026-03-27T07:40:55.991Z",
  "published": "2026-03-27T07:14:42.086Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/03249f9bf5b8783c8b848f84dab791ff0b761b8c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/bdddab5f8b61a40cb8fc62dd895887bdd2f3838e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10272"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33539"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Parse Server: SQL injection via aggregate and distinct field names in PostgreSQL adapter"
}

CVE-2026-33539 (GCVE-0-2026-33539)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-24 18:26 – Updated: 2026-03-26 19:52

Title

Parse Server: SQL injection via aggregate and distinct field names in PostgreSQL adapter

Summary

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.59 and 9.6.0-alpha.53, an attacker with master key access can execute arbitrary SQL statements on the PostgreSQL database by injecting SQL metacharacters into field name parameters of the aggregate $group pipeline stage or the distinct operation. This allows privilege escalation from Parse Server application-level administrator to PostgreSQL database-level access. Only Parse Server deployments using PostgreSQL are affected. MongoDB deployments are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.59 and 9.6.0-alpha.53.

Severity ?

8.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/s…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/p…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/p…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/c…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/c…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	parse-community	parse-server	Affected: < 8.6.59 Affected: >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.53

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-33539 (GCVE-0-2026-33539)

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