CVE-2026-27804
CRITICAL SEVERITYCVSS Score & Metrics
Base Score
9.1 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Vulnerability Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.3 and 9.1.1-alpha.4, an unauthenticated attacker can forge a Google authentication token with `alg: "none"` to log in as any user linked to a Google account, without knowing their credentials. All deployments with Google authentication enabled are affected. The fix in versions 8.6.3 and 9.1.1-alpha.4 hardcodes the expected `RS256` algorithm instead of trusting the JWT header, and replaces the Google adapter's custom key fetcher with `jwks-rsa` which rejects unknown key IDs. As a workaround, dsable Google authentication until upgrading is possible.
Vulnerability Details
Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-327
Source
GitHub
Vendor
npm
Product
parse-server
External References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4q3h-vp4r-prv2
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/9b94083accb7f3e72c6b8126c195c7a03dd2dfd7
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/9d5942d50e55c822924c27b05aa98f1393e7a330
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.3
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.3.1-alpha.4
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4q3h-vp4r-prv2
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