Authentication bypass and denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities in Apple Game Center auth adapter

Description

Weak validation of the Apple certificate URL in the Apple Game Center authentication adapter allows to bypass authentication and makes the server vulnerable to DoS attacks.

Recommendation

Update the parse-server package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): **>= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1

  < 4.10.10**

• Patched version(s): **5.2.1

  4.10.10**

References

• GHSA-qf8x-vqjv-92gr
• CVE-2022-24901
• CWE-287
• CWE-295
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6
• OWASP 2021-A7

Related Issues

• Parse Server is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Instagram OAuth Adapter - CVE-2025-68150
• Parse Server has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via Unescaped Mustache Template Variables - CVE-2025-68115
• Parse Server before v3.4.1 vulnerable to Denial of Service - CVE-2019-1020012
• Parse Server allows public `explain` queries which may expose sensitive database performance information and schema deta - CVE-2025-64502

Tags:

npm

parse-server