ZDI-CAN-23894: Parse Server literalizeRegexPart SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2024-39309 · BIT-parse-2024-39309 · GHSA-c2hr-cqg6-8j6r · Published 01/07/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
parse-server npm	`≥ 7.0.0, < 7.1.0< 6.5.7`	`7.1.06.5.7`

Description

Impact

This vulnerability allows SQL injection when Parse Server is configured to use the PostgreSQL database.

Patches

The algorithm to detect SQL injection has been improved.

Workarounds

None.

References

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-c2hr-cqg6-8j6r
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9167 (fix for Parse Server 7)
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9168 (fix for Parse Server 6)

Credits

Smile Thanapattheerakul of Trend Micro (finder)
Manuel Trezza (coordinator)

NVD description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. A vulnerability in versions prior to 6.5.7 and 7.1.0 allows SQL injection when Parse Server is configured to use the PostgreSQL database. The algorithm to detect SQL injection has been improved in versions 6.5.7 and 7.1.0. No known workarounds are available.

References

parse-community/parse-server security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39309 · ADVISORY
parse-community/parse-server#9167 · WEB
parse-community/parse-server#9168 · WEB
parse-community/parse-server commit 2edf1e4 · WEB
parse-community/parse-server commit f332d54 · WEB
parse-community/parse-server · PACKAGE

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