Parse Server vulnerable to remote code execution via MongoDB BSON parser through prototype pollution

Description

An attacker can use this prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): **>= 6.0.0, < 6.2.1

  < 5.5.2**

• Patched version(s): **6.2.1

  5.5.2**

References

• GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6
• CVE-2023-36475
• CWE-1321
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• parse-server crashes when receiving file download request with invalid byte range - CVE-2022-39313
• Sentry's sensitive headers are leaked when `sendDefaultPii` is set to `true` (GHSA-6465-jgvq-jhgp) 8 - CVE-2025-65944
• Parse Server before v3.4.1 vulnerable to Denial of Service - CVE-2019-1020012
• Sentry's sensitive headers are leaked when `sendDefaultPii` is set to `true` (GHSA-6465-jgvq-jhgp) 7 - CVE-2025-65944

Tags:

npm

parse-server