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CVE-2026-30835 — parse-server

CVE-2026-30835 is a CWE-209 vulnerability in parse-server. A fix is available for parse-server — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Parse Server: Malformed `$regex` query leaks database error details in API response

Also known asBIT-parse-2026-30835GHSA-9cp7-3q5w-j92g
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 5, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-30835.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs31th percentile — riskier than 31% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.30%0.60%0.90%0.0%0.4%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

62other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
parse-servernpm
70Kdownloads / week

Description

Impact

A malformed $regex query parameter (e.g. [abc) causes the database to return a structured error object that is passed unsanitized through the API response. This leaks database internals such as error messages, error codes, code names, cluster timestamps, and topology details. The vulnerability is exploitable by any client that can send query requests, depending on the deployment's permission configuration.

Patches

The fix sanitizes database error objects so that only a generic "An internal server error occurred" message is returned to clients, while the detailed error is logged server-side. The fix respects the enableSanitizedErrorResponse server option.

Workarounds

There is no workaround other than upgrading. The error leakage occurs in the query execution layer and cannot be mitigated through server configuration or client-side changes.

Resources

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmparse-server≥ 9.0.0&&< 9.5.0-alpha.69.5.0-alpha.6npm install parse-server@9.5.0-alpha.6
📦npmparse-serverall versions8.6.7npm install parse-server@8.6.7

Affected Products

1 product · 7 configurations
Application
parse-serverparseplatform
≥ 9.0.0 && < 9.5.0
1 version
9.5.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for parse-server, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update parse-server to 9.5.0-alpha.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-30835 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact A malformed $regex query parameter (e.g. `[abc)` causes the database to return a structured error object that is passed unsanitized through the API response. This leaks database internals such as error messages, error codes, code names, cluster timestamps, and topology details. The vulnerability is exploitable by any client that can send query requests, depending on the deployment's permission configuration. ### Patches The fix sanitizes database error objects so that only a generic `"An internal server error occurred"` message is returned to clients, while the detailed error is
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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