GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-48mh-j4p5-7j9v Parse Server missing audience validation in Keycloak authentication adapter
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-30949
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- parse-server
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-11
Affected packages
• npm parse-server: >= 9.0.0, < 9.5.2-alpha.5 → fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.5
• npm parse-server: < 8.6.18 → fixed in 8.6.18
Description
Impact
The Keycloak authentication adapter does not validate the `azp` (authorized party) claim of Keycloak access tokens against the configured `client-id`. A valid access token issued by the same Keycloak realm for a *different* client application can be used to authenticate as any user on the Parse Server that uses the Keycloak adapter. This enables cross-application account takeover in multi-client Keycloak realms.
All Parse Server deployments that use the Keycloak authentication adapter with a Keycloak realm that has multiple client applications are affected.
Patches
The fix replaces the userinfo HTTP call with local JWT verification and enforces `azp` claim validation against the configured `client-id`.
Workarounds
None.
References
• GitHub security advisory: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-48mh-j4p5-7j9v
• Fix Parse Server 9: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.2-alpha.5
• Fix Parse Server 8: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.18
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-30949 Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-48mh-j4p5-7j9v web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-30949 advisory
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server package
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.18 web
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.2-alpha.5 web