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Parse Server vulnerable to SQL Injection via dot-notation sub-key name in `Increment` operation on PostgreSQLGHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h

GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h is a SQL Injection vulnerability in parse-server. A fix is available for parse-server — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asBIT-parse-2026-31871CVE-2026-31871
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 7, 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.
  • A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
  • 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 GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.5%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk+0.04%
Lower risk than most CVEs41th percentile — riskier than 41% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.35%0.70%1.04%0.0%0.5%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
59Kdownloads / week

Description

Impact

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PostgreSQL storage adapter when processing Increment operations on nested object fields using dot notation (e.g., stats.counter). The sub-key name is interpolated directly into SQL string literals without escaping. An attacker who can send write requests to the Parse Server REST API can inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted sub-key name containing single quotes, potentially executing commands or reading data from the database, bypassing CLPs and ACLs.

Only Postgres deployments are affected.

Patches

The fix escapes single quotes in the sub-key name before interpolating it into the SQL query, preventing breakout from SQL string literals.

Workarounds

There is no known workaround.

References

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmparse-server≥ 9.0.0-alpha.1&&< 9.6.0-alpha.59.6.0-alpha.5npm install parse-server@9.6.0-alpha.5
📦npmparse-serverall versions8.6.31npm install parse-server@8.6.31

Affected Products

1 product · 6 configurations
Application
parse-serverparseplatform
≥ 9.0.0 && < 9.6.0
1 version
9.6.0

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 9.6.0-alpha.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-gqpp-xgvh-9h7h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Until you can upgrade, make sure every query built from user input uses parameterised statements or a prepared-statement API rather than string concatenation, and reduce the database account's privileges so an injected query cannot read or alter data beyond what the feature needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PostgreSQL storage adapter when processing `Increment` operations on nested object fields using dot notation (e.g., `stats.counter`). The sub-key name is interpolated directly into SQL string literals without escaping. An attacker who can send write requests to the Parse Server REST API can inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted sub-key name containing single quotes, potentially executing commands or reading data from the database, bypassing CLPs and ACLs. Only Postgres deployments are affected. ### Patches The fix escapes single quotes in
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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