Parse Server has a query condition depth bypass via pre-validation transform pipeline

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS 4.0

8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source

EPSS

• CVE-2026-33498: 0.47% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 40.70 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Impact An attacker can send an unauthenticated HTTP request with a deeply nested query containing logical operators to permanently hang the Parse Server process. The server becomes completely unresponsive and must be manually restarted. This is a bypass of the fix for CVE-2026-32944. Patches The query condition nesting depth is now validated before the query enters the transformation pipeline, preventing deeply nested structures from being recursively processed before the existing depth guard can fire. Workarounds None.

Published by the source

20 Mar 2026, 20:56 UTC

Last modified by the source

30 Mar 2026, 14:04 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 12:47 UTC

1. Revision 3 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j

2. Revision 2 · amended · 24 Oct 2026

   Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.

3. Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-33498

Advisory: Parse Server has a query condition depth bypass via pre-validation transform pipeline
IDs: CVE-2026-33498, GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-33498 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:47 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.7)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: parse-server 9.6.0-alpha.44, 8.6.55. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm parse-server: affected >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.44; < 8.6.55; fixed in 8.6.55, 9.6.0-alpha.44

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls parse-server --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on parse-server.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j (OSV record GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j lists affected ranges: npm parse-server >=9.0.0 =0 <8.6.55 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-9fjp-q3c4-6w3j lists affected ranges: npm parse-server >=9.0.0 =0 <8.6.55)

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