CVE-2026-57480
Parse Server: Denial of service via exponential-time processing of deeply nested query operators
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Jul 8, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 24, 2026
Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.9.1-alpha.12 and 8.6.82, deeply nested $or, $and, and $nor query condition operators in the REST API or LiveQuery query handling could trigger exponential-time processing in the internal query-traversal helper and block the Node.js event loop. This issue is fixed in versions 9.9.1-alpha.12 and 8.6.82.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
parse-serverparse-community |
|
References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-cgxm-vr2f-6fj8
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10511
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10512
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/0f5d2ad77b422dc904458254548be87397fc6e9b
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/1103c7a890e0455ba3dccd4bc5db17efe1789c9a
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.82
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.9.1-alpha.12
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