CVE-2026-33538 | parse-community parse-server up to 8.6.57/9.6.0-alpha.51 resource consumption (GHSA-g4cf-xj29-wqqr)

VDB-352853 · CVE-2026-33538 · GHSA-G4CF-XJ29-WQQR PARSE-COMMUNITY PARSE-SERVER UP TO 8.6.57/9.6.0-ALPHA.51 RESOURCE CONSUMPTION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 5.1 $0-$5k 0.96+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in parse-community parse-server up to 8.6.57/9.6.0-alpha.51. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-33538. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in parse-community parse-server up to 8.6.57/9.6.0-alpha.51. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is: Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52, an unauthenticated attacker can cause denial of service by sending authentication requests with arbitrary, unconfigured provider names. The server executes a database query for each unconfigured provider before rejecting the request, and since no database index exists for unconfigured providers, each request triggers a full collection scan on the user database. This can be parallelized to saturate database resources. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-33538 since 03/20/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue. Upgrading to version 8.6.58 or 9.6.0-alpha.52 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 40eb442e02672986730007d0a1edb22c1c4bd357 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-14975). Productinfo Vendor parse-community Name parse-server Version 8.6.0 8.6.1 8.6.2 8.6.3 8.6.4 8.6.5 8.6.6 8.6.7 8.6.8 8.6.9 8.6.10 8.6.11 8.6.12 8.6.13 8.6.14 8.6.15 8.6.16 8.6.17 8.6.18 8.6.19 8.6.20 8.6.21 8.6.22 8.6.23 8.6.24 8.6.25 8.6.26 8.6.27 8.6.28 8.6.29 8.6.30 8.6.31 8.6.32 8.6.33 8.6.34 8.6.35 8.6.36 8.6.37 8.6.38 8.6.39 8.6.40 8.6.41 8.6.42 8.6.43 8.6.44 8.6.45 8.6.46 8.6.47 8.6.48 8.6.49 8.6.50 8.6.51 8.6.52 8.6.53 8.6.54 8.6.55 8.6.56 8.6.57 9.6.0-alpha.0 9.6.0-alpha.1 9.6.0-alpha.2 9.6.0-alpha.3 9.6.0-alpha.4 9.6.0-alpha.5 9.6.0-alpha.6 9.6.0-alpha.7 9.6.0-alpha.8 9.6.0-alpha.9 9.6.0-alpha.10 9.6.0-alpha.11 9.6.0-alpha.12 9.6.0-alpha.13 9.6.0-alpha.14 9.6.0-alpha.15 9.6.0-alpha.16 9.6.0-alpha.17 9.6.0-alpha.18 9.6.0-alpha.19 9.6.0-alpha.20 9.6.0-alpha.21 9.6.0-alpha.22 9.6.0-alpha.23 9.6.0-alpha.24 9.6.0-alpha.25 9.6.0-alpha.26 9.6.0-alpha.27 9.6.0-alpha.28 9.6.0-alpha.29 9.6.0-alpha.30 9.6.0-alpha.31 9.6.0-alpha.32 9.6.0-alpha.33 9.6.0-alpha.34 9.6.0-alpha.35 9.6.0-alpha.36 9.6.0-alpha.37 9.6.0-alpha.38 9.6.0-alpha.39 9.6.0-alpha.40 9.6.0-alpha.41 9.6.0-alpha.42 9.6.0-alpha.43 9.6.0-alpha.44 9.6.0-alpha.45 9.6.0-alpha.46 9.6.0-alpha.47 9.6.0-alpha.48 9.6.0-alpha.49 9.6.0-alpha.50 9.6.0-alpha.51 License open-source Website Product: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1 VulDB Base Score: 5.3 VulDB Temp Score: 5.1 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Resource consumption CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: parse-server 8.6.58/9.6.0-alpha.52 Patch: 40eb442e02672986730007d0a1edb22c1c4bd357 Timelineinfo 03/20/2026 CVE reserved 03/24/2026 +4 days Advisory disclosed 03/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 03/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: GHSA-g4cf-xj29-wqqr Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-33538 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-33538 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-352853 EUVD: 🔒 Entryinfo Created: 03/24/2026 20:55 Updated: 03/24/2026 21:20 Changes: 03/24/2026 20:55 (69), 03/24/2026 21:20 (1) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:E12:101 Discussion No comments yet. 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